Dem House hopeful exposed as far-left activist pushing to abolish police weeks before special election
FIRST ON FOX: The Democratic Party's candidate seeking to win a House seat in Tennessee's upcoming special election has a lengthy record of anti-police rhetoric, which she espoused repeatedly on...
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FIRST ON FOX: The Democratic Party's candidate seeking to win a House seat in Tennessee's upcoming special election has a lengthy record of anti-police rhetoric, which she espoused repeatedly on a now-deleted social media account and in interviews prior to becoming a state legislator in 2023. Aftyn Behn, who is running against Republican Matt Van Epps in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election, also worked as a regional organizing director for the nonprofit activist group Indivisible prior to becoming a state legislator. The radical left-wing entity was also a frequent advocate for stripping funding from police departments, calling it "critical," during the height of the defund movement. "Where's the proposal that dissolves @MNPDNashville," Behn questioned on an old social media account, which has since been deleted, in response to a separate social media post from a Nashville City Council member indicating local officials had submitted a "substitute budget proposal" aiming to strip Nashville police of $2.6 million in funding. "If it's been difficult for all of you to imagine a world without police … we can do it and there is a world," Behn subsequently said during an interview with a local Nashville advocacy group. Behn's comments largely came during the height of the "defund the police" movement in 2020 and 2021 following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. Amid violent protests that often devolved into dangerous rioting and looting following Floyd's death, Behn also downplayed the violence that was occurring and ridiculed white people for criticizing the looting, stating it was simply how minority communities were expressing their grief over Floyd's death. KAMALA HARRIS RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN TRUMP COUNTRY TO BACK ‘AOC OF TENNESSEE’ "Looks like Aftyn is getting a visit from the Ghost of Wokeness Past," quipped Republican strategist Matt Gorman. "Democrats over and over have been haunted by their past positions t…