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TN-7 Democrat Aftyn Behn Smeared Tennessee as a ‘Racist’ State in 2019 Op-Ed

TN-7 Democrat Aftyn Behn Smeared Tennessee as a ‘Racist’ State in 2019 Op-Ed

Update: 2025-11-19
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State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville), the Democratic nominee for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, has come under fire for an opinion piece she authored in 2019 smearing Tennessee as a “racist state,” claiming racism in the Volunteer State is “wild and untamed.”
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TN-7 Democrat Aftyn Behn Smeared Tennessee as a ‘Racist’ State in 2019 Op-Ed

TN-7 Democrat Aftyn Behn Smeared Tennessee as a ‘Racist’ State in 2019 Op-Ed

Kaitlin Housler