{"id":2516423,"date":"2025-12-02T08:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-cnn-gives-up-trying-to-let-tn-dem-congressional-candidate-backtrack-on-defund-the-police-stance\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:55:02","slug":"even-cnn-gives-up-trying-to-let-tn-dem-congressional-candidate-backtrack-on-defund-the-police-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-cnn-gives-up-trying-to-let-tn-dem-congressional-candidate-backtrack-on-defund-the-police-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Even CNN Gives Up Trying to Let TN Dem Congressional Candidate Backtrack on Defund the Police Stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feven-cnn-gives-up-trying-to-let-tn-dem-congressional-candidate-backtrack-on-defund-the-police-stance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2516423&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want ... Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a> in Tennessee&#8217;s 7th Congressional District featuring Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">candidate<\/a> Aftyn behn and Republican Matt Van Epps.The district, previously held by Republican Mark Green, leans heavily Republican, with trump having won it by over 20 points. Despite this, Behn is surprisingly competitive, which concerns critics due to her controversial positions and behavior. Behn is known for her progressive stances, including calls to defund the police, which she has refused to clearly retract or clarify during interviews, notably on CNN. She has also been criticized for unpopularity in her own district, including negative comments about Nashville and erratic past actions like trespassing the governor&#8217;s office. The article portrays Behn as inept and unstable, doubting her ability to effectively represent the district if elected.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s Tuesday, which means Election Day in Tennessee&rsquo;s 7th Congressional District. It also means that Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn still won&rsquo;t really back off her calls to defund the police &mdash; and CNN host Kasie Hunt, certainly no shill for the Republicans on a network that effectively wants Behn to win, basically gave up on trying to lead her into an intelligent backtrack.<\/p>\n<p>Behn is, from all appearances, within striking distance of the Republican nominee, Matt Van Epps. They&rsquo;re running to replace former Rep. Mark Green, a Republican who stepped down after the vote on the &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill&rdquo; in the summer to enter the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>Trump won the district by well over 20 points, but this being a special election on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving at the tail end of an off-year, Democrats are hopeful and have poured millions of dollars into the race. Behn is, by all accounts, within striking distance of Van Epps, which is all the more worrying because she&rsquo;s comically inept. She&rsquo;s been called &ldquo;Tennessee&rsquo;s AOC,&rdquo; but to be frank, that&rsquo;s an insult to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-declares-war-schumer-pelosi-jeffries-mamdani-victory-celebration-promises-leave-behind-dems-wont-play-ball-new-socialists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AOC<\/a>, who&rsquo;s not quite as loopy.<\/p>\n<p>Here she is, for instance, hating on Nashville, the heart of her district, and then insisting she&rsquo;d done no such thing:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrat congressional candidate Aftyn Behn lies and says she doesn&rsquo;t hate Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>She&rsquo;s doing damage control after audio came out of her saying, &ldquo;I hate all of the things that make Nashville.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats want you to not believe your ears.<\/p>\n<p>This is the state of the Democrat&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ccBSeTxVjQ\">pic.twitter.com\/ccBSeTxVjQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul A. Szypula &#127482;&#127480; (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1991911396804620488?\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here she is screaming like an 11-year-old who needs to be medicated after police dared to arrest her for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unreal-video-woke-tn-candidate-congress-literally-thrown-gov-s-office-trying-mad-dash-past-security-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bum-rushing the governor&rsquo;s office and trespassing<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;MORE INSANTIY&#128680; Resurfaced video from 2019 shows Democrat Tennessee candidate Aftyn Behn SCREAMING and SOBBING as officers had to forcibly drag her out of Gov. Lee&rsquo;s office. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller?\">@DailyCaller<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rcUnwQeXlN\">pic.twitter.com\/rcUnwQeXlN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoleMSilverio\/status\/1993011789400097130?\">November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here she is saying how she realized having kids was part of &ldquo;deeply patriarchal structures&rdquo; after she transcribed her dreams with her therapist, or something &mdash; which, in my humble opinion, is very the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unbelievable-might-actually-win-district-dominated-trump-democrat-aftyn-behns-unhinged-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underrated clip in the unhinged Behn oeuvre<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; Democrat nominee for the upcoming TN07 special election Aftyn Behn condemns women who get married and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >start families&#038;ndash<\/a>; saying it&rsquo;s the product of &ldquo;deeply patriarchal structures&rdquo;:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My therapist always asks me to transcribe my dreams and the recurring dream I&rsquo;ve had is standing&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LTsYj0im7Q\">pic.twitter.com\/LTsYj0im7Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1993043067486527894?\">November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And then, on a more serious note, there&rsquo;s her past calls to defund the police. She&rsquo;s been given ample opportunity to walk these calls back:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aftyn Behn continues her train wreck of a campaign to be a representative from Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Here she&rsquo;s asked about her past calls to defund the police. She refuses to talk about them.<\/p>\n<p>Behn won&rsquo;t even say if she supports defunding the police now.<\/p>\n<p>Pathetic.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bGrC7MQWrd\">pic.twitter.com\/bGrC7MQWrd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wu0LJzXyZN\">https:\/\/t.co\/wu0LJzXyZN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul A. Szypula &#127482;&#127480; (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1992773035850379415?\">November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Okay, but that&rsquo;s when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-biden-out-with-a-whimper-trump-in-with-a-bang-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"White House Report Card: Biden out with a whimper, ... in with a bang - Washington Examiner\">race wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t perceived as being so close. Surely, having looked at the polls and probably having watched Robert Redford&rsquo;s character arc in &ldquo;The Candidate,&rdquo; now would be the time to basically sacrifice any aversion to political expediency and give the right-sounding (if not accurate) answer. Or, on the other hand, go all in and party like it&rsquo;s 2020, minus the mask.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing Monday on <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/arena\/date\/2025-12-01\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, Behn insisted that &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a progressive&rdquo; but refused to answer a softball question about her defund the police position. Host Kasie Hunt made it easy for her, saying that &ldquo;there are some old posts you&rsquo;ve been asked about&hellip; a number of times,&rdquo; which she wasn&rsquo;t going to mention.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My question for you today is whether more money for cops on the streets in the district you hope to represent would help fight crime. Would you like more money for more cops on the streets in your district?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Easy question. Too easy. Which she proceeded not to even attempt to answer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So those past comments were at a time when I was a private citizen,&rdquo; Behn said. &ldquo;As an activist and organizer, and now as a Tennessee lawmaker, I represent 40,000 individual opinions and political &ndash;&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And so what do you think now? Would more money for cops be good or bad?&rdquo; Hunt asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it depends on what the community wants,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And so there &mdash; I&rsquo;ve worked with communities, at least my constituents, want to ensure that there is investment in their community for community safety, community protection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">mental health services<\/a> and, that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m hearing from at least my constituents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All right,&rdquo; Hunt said. &ldquo;Fair enough.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s basically akin to her saying: <em>Don&rsquo;t blame me, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brain-breaking-turn-events-dnc-makes-david-hogg-party-leader-ken-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Martin<\/a>. I tried. She&rsquo;s the DNC&rsquo;s problem now.<\/em> I&rsquo;m surprised she didn&rsquo;t give her one more try and asked if she wanted to use a lifeline &mdash; &ldquo;Would you like to phone a friend? I mean, a friend who isn&rsquo;t your therapist?&rdquo; &mdash; but I guess she realizes a lost cause when she sees one:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: CNN&rsquo;s Kasie Hunt gives up and moves on after far-left congressional candidate Aftyn Behn of Tennessee refused to admit that funding the police is a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt: Would you like more money for more cops on the streets in your district?<\/p>\n<p>Behn: So those um, past comments&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DScvVKZQYt\">pic.twitter.com\/DScvVKZQYt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1995657250581742007?\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is missing an empty-net goal, effectively. With one day to go, all you have to say is, &ldquo;Sure, I want more money for police.&rdquo; You can add that you want more money for social workers and other mental health first responders. That sounds batty and stupid and won&rsquo;t be done, but that&rsquo;s how you effectively disguise defunding the police. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meet-future-democratic-party-deep-dive-zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Looking at you, Zohran<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>This loopy flibbertigibbet can&rsquo;t even lie well. 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