Bill Maher tore into Darializa Avila Chevalier — the socialist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — on Friday after Chevalier won the Democratic primary for New York’s 13th Congressional District and drew scrutiny for her answers on prisons, deportation and past anti-American posts on social media.
Maher opened « Real Time with Bill Maher » with a monologue about Avila Chevalier’s refusal to directly say whether a convicted murderer should be incarcerated during a New York Editorial Board interview.
« The New York Times asked her, ‘If someone murders someone randomly, should they go to jail?’ Couldn’t get her to say yes for that, » Maher said. « So, there is a woke mind virus, and I think we found patient zero. Her name is Darializa Avila Chevalier. »
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Avila Chevalier, 32, defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in Tuesday’s primary. Chevalier led with 49.4% to Espaillat’s 45.9%.
Maher also cited past statements about the United States and her reported plan to kneel during the congressional oath.
« She also says that the United States, the country she’s running to be a part of, is occupied native land, and says this country, America, is a f—ing disgrace, » Maher said. « During the oath of office, she’s going to take a knee. »
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The New York Editorial Board pressed Chevalier multiple times about how a murderer should be treated under her abolitionist views. She said incarceration remains what happens in the current system but did not directly endorse it.
« The fact that the murder happened is tragic. The fact that there was a circumstance in which that could even come to pass is tragic, and all of that is a reflection of systems that allowed that circumstance to be possible, » Avila Chevalier said.
Chevalier also told the board she opposed deportations in all circumstances.
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« I am not OK with any deportation, » she said. « I think all deportation is wrong because I think it is an incredibly cruel punishment that is really only relegated to people on the basis of where they were born. »
Her campaign platform includes, « Abolish ICE, » Medicare for All, Housing for All and a « Babies, not Bombs » agenda. Her website says she would « fight to abolish the deportation machine » and « divest » money spent on wars abroad.
The New York Times has described Chevalier as a candidate who has « voiced support for abolishing the police, borders and prisons and seizing property from landlords. »
Fox News Digital reached out to Darializa Avila Chevalier for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
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