Resurfaced video of Democratic Tennessee state representative Aftyn Behn's 2019 freakout is one of many such incidents that could sink her candidacy for U.S. Congress, the Daily Caller reported. The footage shows Behn ranting and loudly calling for the resignation of former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and then-Republican Tennessee state Rep. David Byrd.
"I’m here today on behalf of communities that you have silenced today in this legislative session," Behn shouted in the chambers of the Tennessee state House at the time. "You have been violent to our various communities this entire legislative session," Behn claimed from the balcony.
"You have stopped any accountability! You have been taken out! You have been violent and extreme towards people of color, towards women, towards minorities! You have failed! This is unacceptable behavior!" Behn continued to shout.
"You shouldn’t do this! This is the worst administration! You have to resign," she screamed before being hustled out by security. The video was shared on The Tennessee Holler's Facebook page on May 3, 2019, but it has recently been rediscovered as her embarrassing antics continue while Democrats attempt to flip the district to blue.
The outrage supposedly behind that stunt came from allegations against Byrd made by two women who claimed he inappropriately touched them while he was their basketball coach. A third woman also accused him of attempting to do so, but he was never formally charged with the crime and maintained his innocence.
At the time, Behn was acting on behalf of the Enough is Enough group, which agitated for Byrd's resignation over the allegations. Now Behn is running against GOP candidate Matt Van Epps, who was Lee's commissioner, in a special election to fill the seat for Tennessee’s 7th District in the U.S. Congress.
She hasn't stopped her outlandish antics, as Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles shared on X last May, "This is Nashville State Representative Aftyn Behn," he wrote. "She just posted a 15-minute video of her and a friend stalking the Tennessee Highway Patrol as they carried out official duties—openly admitting they were trying to stall law enforcement from stopping illegal aliens," Ogles captioned the video of Behn bragging about her behavior.
"Let’s be clear: Freddie O'Connell is enabling Nashville liberals to actively obstruct ICE and law enforcement operations. This isn’t just reckless—it’s aiding and abetting," he wrote.
This is Nashville State Representative Aftyn Behn.
She just posted a 15-minute video of her and a friend stalking the Tennessee Highway Patrol as they carried out official duties—openly admitting they were trying to stall law enforcement from stopping illegal aliens.
Let’s be… pic.twitter.com/NEBYp9j2ic
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) May 20, 2025
These crazy moments are not just few and far between for Behn, who will face off against Van Epps in the Dec. 2 special election. She seems to relish agitating and lacks self-awareness about how abrasive her opinions are to normal people. In a recent podcast episode of The Weekend, host Catherine Rampell asked Behn about some comments she made that were "very critical of police" and other inflammatory statements on social media, according to Fox News.
"You said in those since-deleted tweets that the Metropolitan Nashville police department should be dissolved. Another cheered on a teachers union saying that defund the police should be a requirement for schools reopening, and another saying ‘Good morning, especially to the 54% of Americans that believe burning down a police station is justified,'" Rampell reminded Behn before allowing her to disavow them.
"I'm not going to engage in cable news talking points, but what I will say is that, you know, our communities need solutions," Behn shot back. "We need local people deciding, solving local problems with local solutions. And that’s not the overreach of a federal government or state government of which we are dealing with in Nashville and our cities across the state of Tennessee," she added.
Meanwhile, another 2020 rant has resurfaced in which Behn, who wants to represent the district that includes Nashville, bashed Music City. "I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes. I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the things that make Nashville apparently an 'it' city to the rest of the country. But I hate it," she said in the podcast.
Behn seems like more of a lunatic than the usual leftists who run for government as Democrats, and that could hurt her in next week's election. She's guilty of jeopardizing her party's chances in this special election, but lucky for her, Democrats vote for crazy people all of the time.
