A congressional candidate endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani deleted thousands of social media posts.
Avila Chevalier told CNN the posts did not reflect who she is today and accused her opponent of living in the past.
The primary on June 23 has become a closely watched proxy battle between establishment and democratic-socialist Democrats.
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Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist congressional candidate endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, deleted a previous Twitter account that included thousands of posts and reposts expressing support for abolishing police, prisons and borders, as well as seizing private property and nationalizing major industries and calling into question Israel’s right to exist.
