New York congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, who is backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is facing scrutiny after a series of resurfaced social media posts showed her advocating the abolition of all police and prisons, the elimination of national borders, the seizure of property from all landlords and even claiming that “Israel doesn’t exist,” the New York Post reported Sunday.

Chevalier, who is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the Democratic primary for New York’s 13th Congressional District, has also come under fire for past posts in which she called Joe Biden a “war criminal,” described the United States as a an “[expletive] disgrace,” boasted about wiping dirty hands on the American flag, and made inflammatory comments about interracial relationships involving white women and black men.

Additional posts uncovered by CNN through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from Chevalier’s since-deleted X account, spanning 2018 through 2022, revealed further controversial statements.

In August 2020, Chevalier reposted a message reading, “Israel suddenly disappears, your third emoji is your reaction,” and replied, “Trick question — Israel doesn’t exist!”

During a string of pro-illegal immigration posts in September 2021, she wrote, “A world without borders—just like a world without prisons or police—is possible, necessary, and the only moral way forward.”

After some questioned whether she was joking, Chevalier later clarified her position, writing, “Yes, literally, abolish the border. All deportation is wrong.”

Chevalier has also attacked prominent figures on the political left, accusing Sen. Bernie Sanders of promoting “liberal Zionism” and criticizing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for voting “present” on Israeli military funding legislation.

Several of the resurfaced posts also promoted explicitly socialist and communist policies.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she reposted a message calling for the nationalization of hospitals, utilities, and pharmaceutical companies, the suspension of rent and mortgage payments, the dismantling of insurance companies, and “seiz[ing] all properties from landlords,” according to the report.

In another deleted post from 2019, Chevalier wrote, “Seize the means of production,” a slogan commonly associated with communist ideology.

During the anti-police protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in 2020, Chevalier forcefully defended calls to abolish law enforcement.

Two days later, she rejected the notion that activists merely sought to reform policing.

“No. It means ending policing full stop. Period. No more police at all ever,” she wrote.

Responding to the report, Chevalier accused Espaillat of focusing on years-old social media posts rather than current issues facing voters.

“My opponent wants to live in the past. He is re-litigating social media posts from half a decade ago, and continuing to champion an outdated politics that fails to serve our people,” she told CNN.

“I have grown considerably since in the years since these tweets, and I am focused on our community and our community’s future.”

Mamdani defended his endorsement in a separate statement.

“In Congress, she’ll take on corporate greed, bad landlords, and D.C.’s broken political system. At a time when power is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, Darializa will fight in Congress for New York City’s working families. She’s the champion we need for a city New Yorkers can actually afford.”