Dem House hopeful getting yanked from governor's office during attempted sit-in goes viral ahead of election
The Democratic Party hopeful in Tennessee's upcoming special election, Aftyn Behn, is going viral due to a 2019 incident when she was working as a political organizer, during which she...
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The Democratic Party hopeful in Tennessee's upcoming special election, Aftyn Behn, is going viral due to a 2019 incident when she was working as a political organizer, during which she was forcibly removed from Democrat Gov. Bill Lee's office amid an attempted sit-in. The 2019 incident came before Behn entered elected office in 2023, winning a special election to take over the state's District 51 seat. Prior to her entrance into the Tennessee state legislature, Behn worked as a political organizer for numerous far-left activist groups, such as "No Kings" protests co-organizer Indivisible, Enough Is Enough Tennessee and the Tennessee Justice Center. During her work with Enough Is Enough — which the conservative Capital Research Center says was established to target Tennessee lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct — Behn participated in a sit-in in Lee's office, which resulted in a video recording of her skating past officers to get inside, before they ran after her and yanked her out of the office. The sit-in was aimed at pressuring the governor to demand the resignation of a state representative who had been accused, but not charged, of sexual assault allegations, according to News Channel 5 Nashville. TENNESSEE CANDIDATE BLASTS DEM OPPONENT'S ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ TWEETS CALLING TO DISSOLVE NASHVILLE POLICE Behn can appear to be heard wailing in the video as she gets yanked out of the governor's office after reportedly being told she could face arrest. A subsequent social media post by local news outlet The Tennessee Holler showed Behn on day two of the attempted sit-in, lying with a blanket and pillow in front of the governor's office weeping. "HAPPENING NOW: Aftyn Behn Of Enough Is Enough Tennessee weeps after being roughly tossed out of Governor Bill Lee's office by troopers," the post says. Fox News Digital reached out to the Behn campaign for comment on the viral video but did not receive a response. Republican National Committee spokesperson Delanie Bomar pointed o…