Mamdani Endorses Candidate Who Said America’s a ‘F***ing Disgrace!’

The real fight in upper Manhattan is not just about one fiery tweet, but about whether voters will reward radical repentance or punish it forever.

Story Snapshot

Zohran Mamdani is betting his rising star on Darializa Avila Chevalier, a candidate with a very loaded past online.
Her deleted posts talk about abolishing police, prisons, and borders, and seizing landlord property, while calling America a “f***ing disgrace.”
Her campaign and Mamdani both insist she has “grown considerably” and now focuses on affordability, dignity, and community.
Voters must decide if this is genuine change or convenient cleanup, with party leaders and media pulling hard in opposite directions.

How a socialist mayor tied himself to a candidate with a digital rap sheet

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not picking the safe lane. The democratic socialist mayor, fresh off a primary win built on affordability and free transit promises, has stepped into a House primary to back Darializa Avila Chevalier against a sitting Democrat.^[2]^[5] His endorsement video does not mention Twitter drama. He talks about how she helped free neighbors held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and how she fights for housing and dignity.

That glowing picture now competes with a very different record. Reporters uncovered an older deleted account tied to Avila Chevalier that praised a world with “no more police at all, ever,” called for abolishing prisons and borders, and backed confiscating landlord property and nationalizing drug companies. One post reportedly called America a “f***ing disgrace,” the kind of line that lands in every attack ad for a decade. None of this came from opposition researchers alone; national media amplified it fast.^[7]

The campaign’s bet on “growth” without full confession

Avila Chevalier’s team has an answer, at least in outline. Her spokesperson says she has “grown considerably” since those posts and is now focused on community issues, not online crusades.^[7] Mamdani echoes that theme, saying her views have evolved and pointing to years of organizing against mass incarceration and immigration detention as proof of a grounded leader, not a keyboard radical. That argument appeals to basic fairness: people in their twenties say dumb things, then grow up.

But the details matter, and this is where the defense starts to wobble. The record so far does not show Avila Chevalier herself walking through those statements one by one, explaining which ideas she rejects, which she still believes, and what changed her mind.^[7] Voters instead get vague language about growth. That would be fine if the old rhetoric was mild. It was not. When you call for wiping out police, borders, and private property, “I’ve grown” feels thin without specifics. This gap is what critics hammer hardest.^[7]

Why Mamdani’s credibility is both his weapon and his weakness

Mamdani brings two things to this fight: a huge following and his own baggage. He has become a celebrity progressive, packed rallies, and raised millions from tens of thousands of small donors by promising to make New York affordable and buses free.^[2]^[5] Labor unions and street-safety groups line up behind him because he delivers turnout and energy.^[2]^[3] That star power gives Avila Chevalier instant attention and money most challengers never see.

Yet his brand also makes every endorsement look ideological, not careful. Opponents see a man who could not yet fund his own “free buses” promise now backing another candidate whose earlier agenda read like a wish list from the farthest reaches of the activist left.^[3]^[5] Conservative and centrist outlets frame the move as a high‑risk play by a polarizing mayor, not a sober judgment about a matured public servant.^[4] For older moderate Democrats, that frame lands hard because it taps into a simple fear: the party is drifting away from common sense.

How old posts, new protests, and the Israel fight sharpen the edges

The controversy does not live on domestic policy alone. Avila Chevalier’s history as a Columbia campus organizer and her presence at an October 8 pro‑Palestinian rally place her right in the center of today’s most emotional foreign policy clash.^[9] Mamdani himself built a career attacking Israel’s government, backing boycott campaigns, and promising to use city power against Israeli-linked business.^[4] To many Jewish voters, that history raises deep alarm, not just debate.

Council Speaker Julie Menin has endorsed Stephanie Ruskay in the race for Assembly District 69.

Menin’s endorsement comes shortly after Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Eli Northrup in the same race. pic.twitter.com/XhwuG0NZGr

— Gus Saltonstall (@GusSaltonstall) June 7, 2026

Critics tie her old rhetoric about America as an imperialist “disgrace” to this activism and say nothing has truly changed. Supporters counter that her current message—“invest in our communities, not in bombs abroad”—sounds closer to standard anti-war language than to fringe revolution talk. Again, the core problem is missing detail. Without a clear explanation from her, opponents can connect every dot in the darkest way, and allies can only say “she has grown” and hope voters trust them.

What a common-sense voter should watch for next

For a right‑of‑center or middle‑of‑the‑road voter, the standard is simple: everyone deserves a second chance, but only if they own what they said and show their homework. That has not happened yet. The evidence of extreme posts is specific and documented.^[7] The evidence of change is general and secondhand. That imbalance does not prove she still believes the worst things she wrote, but it gives her critics the stronger factual case for now.

The story is not finished. A detailed on‑record interview where Avila Chevalier explains which past ideas she rejects, how real‑world work changed her, and what lines she will not cross today would give voters something concrete to judge. Until then, Mamdani’s endorsement asks New Yorkers to buy an expensive product on faith, based on a salesman many already see as too far left. Common sense says you read the fine print before you sign.