Reason takes a look at Darializa Avila Chevalier, the DSA-backed candidate who just unseated Adriano Espaillat and is likely headed to Washington. The piece argues that unlike earlier progressive stars who came out of community organizing or local politics, Chevalier emerged directly from the post-October 7 campus activist milieu, with ties to Columbia's protest movement and a record of hard-left positions on immigration, policing, and Israel. The article frames her victory as another sign that activist politics that were once largely confined to elite campuses are increasingly translating into electoral success in safe Democratic districts.
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> She co-founded Columbia University Apartheid and Divest (CUAD), an organization that did not merely oppose the state of Israel but also celebrated terrorism outright. After the death of Yahya Sinwar, CUAD’s Substack published a glowing eulogy of the Hamas terrorist who masterminded the October 7 attack on Israelis. CUAD hailed him as a “hero of the revolution” guided by “pragmatic optimism.” The group called on its followers to “reflect on how we can make ourselves more like him.”
I’m going to go cry in the corner now
You know maybe I’m just old but as a staunch registered Democrat I find peddling anti-interracial marriage and COVID conspiracy theories disqualifying.