The Democrats have their own MAGA now

The Democrats have their own MAGA nowThe shape of America's new Left is becoming clearer.Noah SmithJun 26, 2026∙ Paid116616ShareDarializa Avila Chevalier is almost certainly headed to Congress, having won the Democratic primary in New York’s 13th congressional district. In 2024, while she was a sociology PhD student at Columbia,1 she founded a group called “Columbia University Apartheid Divest”, which was involved in the Palestine protests. In a now-deleted Instagram post, CUAD declared: “We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization.” Avila Chevalier’s group also tweeted “Marg Bar Amrika”, meaning “Death to America” in Persian. Avila Chevalier is also known for making plenty of “controversial”2 statements on social media.

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