Darializa Avila Chevalier, one of the victorious New Yorkers, has deleted social media posts in which she called for, among other things, “no more police at all ever.” (She says she has “grown considerably” over the past six years.) Mamdani recently argued that democratic socialism means nothing more controversial than expanded child care and paved potholes. Hasan Piker, a pro-DSA podcaster, denies the movement is radical: “They just want health care. They want to end American militarism.” . . .
America’s hard left has a long tradition of concealing its extremism. . . .
