Yikes: Wild 2019 Videos Showing Troubling Behavior From TN Dem Candidate Aftyn Behn Just Resurfaced

Posted • November 24, 2025: We've already seen that the Democrat candidate in the special election for the 7th Congressional District seat in Tennessee, Aftyn Behn, seems to be amassing an even bigger pile of negatives. Among those negatives? There's the problem of her saying that she hates Nashville, at least part of which is in the 7th district. She's now tried to backtrack on that. Then there are those terrible anti-police comments, where she spoke favorably about people burning down police stations and called for defunding the police. When even MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) nailed her on the comments, she didn't even have the judgment to clarify or back off them. She acted like she didn't have any obligation to tell people, and ducked the question. Her answer alone should be disqualifying, much less what she said before. Now, an old video of Behn from April 2019 has resurfaced.

She and some others were protesting outside the office of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R). They wanted to talk with him, calling for the resignation of GOP state Rep. David Byrd over sexual misconduct allegations from years ago. The video shows Behn attempting to get into Lee's office and officers having to drag her out, as she screamed. 🚨 MORE INSANTIY 🚨 Resurfaced video from 2019 shows Democrat Tennessee candidate Aftyn Behn SCREAMING and SOBBING as officers had to forcibly drag her out of Gov. Lee's office. —— Now, you should never do something like that because the officers have to ensure the safety of the governor. It's not going to go well. Then, instead of leaving, she just starts screaming, and then, after being carried out, sits there crying. That wasn't all. A month later, there was another insufferable moment where she was screaming at Republican Speaker Glen Casada in the state house chambers during the 111th General Assembly Meeting. (…)

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