Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin campaigned last weekend in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District with State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville), whom he described as a “terrific candidate,” as she seeks to flip a seat previously held by former Representative Mark Green, who won a landslide victory just last year.
Video and images posted to social media by Behn and accounts associated with various groups of Tennessee Democrats appear to show Martin joining the Nashville Democrat and campaign volunteers as they prepared to canvass neighborhoods for votes.
“We are on the verge of making history in this district. You’ve got an amazing candidate in Aftyn Behn,” Martin told the crowd.
In a video posted by Behn, the chairman said he was in Nashville to campaign, “for our terrific candidate, Aftyn Behn,” who he said is, “running a kick a** congressional campaign,” with “a lot of energy” from voters.
A third video, posted by the Tennessee Democrats, did not mention Behn by name.
“I’m here with your fantastic chairwoman Rachel Campbell,” said Martin. “We are door knocking here today.” The chairman added, “We’re here in Nashville, rolling up our sleeves, to help in this critical special election for Congress.”
Martin’s visit to Tennessee was first announced by NBC News last week, when the outlet reported the stop was evidence of the party’s optimism about flipping a seat in the U.S. House in Tennessee, where Republicans were elected to eight of the nine districts last year.
“Special elections are really interesting affairs because you really don’t know who’s going to show up,” he told NBC News. “It’s about whose supporters are more enthusiastic.”
The head of the Democrats is notably tying his party to Behn, as Matt Van Epps, the veteran and former state official nominated by Republicans, highlights Behn’s activism against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year.
In a video posted to social media during the May immigration enforcement that saw nearly 200 arrests, Behn appeared to brag about “bullying” state and federal law enforcement.
“We’ve got our Girl Squad and we are bullying the ICE vehicles, and this is like, this is a win,” said Behn in the video.
Van Epps said in his campaign’s advertisement featuring her comments, “When an elected official openly celebrates bullying ICE agents and state troopers, it tells you exactly what their character is and where their priorities lie.”
Martin campaigned with Behn just one day after the Nashville Democrat was joined at another campaign event by U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30), who attended remotely via a live stream.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Ken Martin and Aftyn Behn” by Ken Martin.
Let’s also not forget that Ms. Behn was the head of the anti-American commie group Indivisible TN chapter. She will be well funded by the enemy so do not underestimate her and then of course we have election fraud to also consider. With them
The “end justifies the means.”
She is pure evil. Time to remove all these Communists from power.