{"id":13100,"date":"2026-06-08T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13100"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:11:49","slug":"mamdani-backed-candidate-peddled-crackpot-covid-19-claim-pushed-by-chinese-communists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13100","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani-backed candidate peddled crackpot COVID-19 claim pushed by Chinese communists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A far-left congressional candidate backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani peddled a crackpot COVID-19 theory that said the virus originated in France \u2013 and quoted a Chinese communist propaganda organ as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier spewed the bizarre claim in an unearthed tweet from 2020, citing as her source the Qiao Collective, a known propaganda organ for China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you mean that once again it was PoC who intervened and stopped the spread of a European plague? Wow. Shocked,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200512011130\/https:\/twitter.com\/darializabonet\/status\/1259506854423605249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avila Chevalier said <\/a>in a May 10, 2020 tweet, apparently referring to \u201cpeople of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier backed a COVID-19 theory spread by Chinese communist propagandists on Twitter in 2020. <span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Qiao said earlier that day that \u201cHospitals in France confirmed that France had COVID-19 outbreaks in November, a month before China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collective describes itself as \u201ca grassroots media organization of Chinese diaspora writers, artists, and researchers dedicated to challenging Western media narratives and U.S. aggression against China.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe seek to be a bridge between the U.S. left and China\u2019s rich Marxist, anti-imperialist political work and thought in order to foster critical consideration of the role of China and socialism with Chinese characteristics in contemporary geopolitics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group said a majority of its members are diaspora Chinese people living in the West.<\/p>\n<p>The France first theory has been widely debunked.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Medical workers in protective gear with a COVID-19 patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital on Jan. 25, 2020. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s a wide consensus in the scientific and intelligence communities that COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China \u2014 whether from a wholesale market or a lab leak in close proximity in Wuhan.<\/p>\n<p>Avila Chevalier, 32, is seeking to topple veteran Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the 13th House district that covers the northern Manhattan neighborhoods of Morningside Heights, Harlem, Washington Heights\/Inwood and the northwest Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>She is endorsed by Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Avila Chevalier was endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Darializa for Congress<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>State Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs, an Espaillat backer, said Avila Chevalier is not ready for prime time after hearing of her peddling a COVID-19 conspiracy theory during the peak of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are serious times. We need serious people. This not an example of a serious thinker. This is not evidence of a serious person,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAdriano Espaillat has established himself as a serious legislator working to improve people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said it \u201cdoesn\u2019t make sense\u201d for Mamdani or any other politico not to be standing with Espaillat, 71, who is seeking a sixth term and is chairman of the House Hispanic Caucus..<\/p>\n<p>The revelation of DAC peddling Chinese Communist Party propaganda comes as the CCP tries to make inroads in New York City and the United States writ large through spies and an elaborate network of affiliated or sympathetic left wing groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Avila Chevalier campaign had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s already on the defensive about other tweets posted within the past five years that Espaillat highlighted in an attack ad \u2014 including one where DAC slammed black and Arab men for \u201cfetishizing ugly colonizer women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referring to former vice president and 2024 Democratic White House nominee Kamala Harris, DAC said, \u201cI have no nuance to add. F\u2014k Kamala Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Avila Chevalier speaking to reporters at Marcus Garvey Park in Manhattan on June 5, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for former President Joe Biden, she said, \u201cI will never give my vote to a rapist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has vehemently denied allegations from a former Senate aide that he sexually assaulted her in 1993 and has never been charged with a crime over the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Avila Chevalier also joked about disrespecting the American flag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI forget to get napkins,\u201d she said in another of many deleted social media posts. \u201cSo I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement was accompanied by a smile emoji.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br 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