Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new controversial candidate for the US House race, repeatedly played dumb when pressed on her prior comments, accusing US of bullying Russia in the Ukraine war — parroting a talking point from Putin.
“I’m not sure about the context of those tweets where they are coming from,” Darializa Avila Chevalier coyly said through a scowl to a Post reporter.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2026/06/05/us-news/mamdani-backed-ny-house-candidate-puppets-putins-talking-points-on-ukraine-war/
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