Damaging Resurfaced Videos of Tennessee Democrat Candidate Aftyn Behn Are Piling Up [WATCH]

Resurfaced video from April 2019 shows Democratic Tennessee congressional candidate Aftyn Behn screaming as security removed her from the office of Republican Gov. Bill Lee during a sit-in protest at the state capitol.

The incident occurred when Behn was part of a group demanding that Lee call for the resignation of then-Republican state Rep. David Byrd, who had been accused of sexual misconduct.

Behn joined other women from the activist organization Enough is Enough-Tennessee at the capitol on April 17, 2019.

The group staged a sit-in and attempted to enter the governor’s office when the doors briefly opened.

Security blocked the group from entering, and video shows officers dragging Behn out of the office as she screamed loudly.

After being removed, she dropped to her knees in the hallway and continued sobbing on the floor.

🚨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. @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/rcUnwQeXlN

— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) November 24, 2025

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According to troopers on site, the women were warned that they would be arrested if they did not leave the building.

Several members of the group complied and exited.

Behn and a smaller number of protesters remained, and they were arrested shortly afterward.

One month later, more footage from the 111th General Assembly Meeting showed Behn shouting from the wing of the state house chambers, again calling for Byrd to resign.

Security escorted her from the chamber, issued a citation, and released her later that evening.

Behn is now running in the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District against Republican nominee Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in the Lee administration.

.@aftynfortn wants to defund the police. Only you can stop her. Go VOTE tomorrow through Wednesday or on Tuesday, December 2nd if you can’t make it to vote early. If you don’t want your taxes to go up or your police to be defunded, GO VOTE!

Find your polling place:… https://t.co/3Jykyxl4vR

— Matt Van Epps for Congress (@MattForTN) November 24, 2025

The election is scheduled for December 2 after the resignation of former Republican Rep. Mark Green.

In recent weeks, additional past comments from Behn have resurfaced as part of broader scrutiny of her public statements.

In footage from 2023, she called Tennessee “racist” and referred to it as a “godforsaken” state.

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In newly uncovered audio from 2023, Aftyn Behn mocked Tennessee as a “godforsaken” state.

Behn – the Democrat running in the special election for a seat representing Middle Tennessee in Congress – also previously said her state is “racist” and that she “hates” Nashville pic.twitter.com/BcDsPnHf3T

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 23, 2025

She also appeared on the “Year Old GRITS” podcast in February 2020 and said she hated “everything about Nashville.”

🚨 Aftyn Behn– the Democrat nominee for the upcoming TN07 special election– says that she despises Nashville, the city that she’s running to represent in Congress:

“I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the… pic.twitter.com/L9lmo1YkkJ

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 19, 2025

These resurfaced recordings and past incidents have circulated widely as Behn campaigns to represent the same voters she criticized in prior statements.