Aftyn Behn Channels Her Inner Nagging Karen During Concession Call to Matt Van Epps

Aftyn Behn, as evidenced by her past comments and actions, wasn't exactly the most emotionally stable individual the Democrats could have had running in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election.

Whether it was rage-hating Nashville, a city she would have represented had she actually won last evening, voicing support for people burning down police stations, or screeching like a lunatic after being forcibly removed from the office of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R), she exuded all the subtle stability of a Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in "Misery."

So it comes as no surprise that Behn couldn't simply make a civil concession call to the winner of the election, Republican Matt Van Epps. Nope, she felt entitled, having just been trounced (more on this later), to lecture the winner and make demands.

This, according to Behn herself.

“I called the Congressman-elect, Matt Van Epps, and I had one question for him," she told a crowd of supporters after the loss. "What will define what happens next? Do not let the Affordable Care Act subsidies expire. Do not raise health care costs for working families in Tennessee.”

Behn: I called the congressman elect, Matt van Epps, and I had one question for him: What will define what happens next? Do not let the affordable care act subsidies expire. Do not raise healthcare costs for working families in Tennessee pic.twitter.com/MCgu2kaotM
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 3, 2025

Aftyn Behn Cornered on Her Anti-Cop, Defund-the-Police Remarks

You just lost an election, Aftyn. Nobody wants to hear your demands, your wish list on Obamacare. The winner of the election doesn't need your guidance; he's doing just fine. The voters made that clear.

The loser does not get to dictate what the winner does going forward.

Behn, of course, feels entitled here. Why? Because Democrats and the media spent months insisting this race was within reach for the so-called "AOC of Tennessee." They were going to stake a claim to moral victories no matter what.

Van Epps, however, won going away. By nearly 9 points. Not the two-point difference being suggested ahead of election day. Democrats wanted a close race so they could claim a participation trophy. To claim they were the ones with momentum and a mandate. But they didn't even get close.

Does this mean Republicans should rest easy heading into the midterms? Of course not. Was the panic overblown? Definitively.

Ignore the Republican doomsayers and panicans. The polls said Van Epps had a two point lead; he won by nearly ten. In a special election on a random Tuesday in December. Without Trump on the ballot. Calm down and take the decisive win, dummies. https://t.co/C21TLvBjcV
— Mike Gallagher (@GallagherShow) December 3, 2025

Behn continued to complain in her concession speech, claiming, “The Republicans made these districts uncompetitive."

That sounds like somebody suggesting elections are rigged, which, in 2020 anyway, resulted in a person being banned from social media and declared a threat to democracy. It might have even gotten them arrested. But I digress.

Behn lectured Van Epps in defeat. It's clear she can not handle public rejection. Nowhere was that lack of a coping mechanism more evident than in a resurfaced video showing her screaming and crying as she was physically carried out of Governor Lee's office in 2019.

After being summarily dropped out in the hall by officers, she sits on the floor crying. More than likely, a glimpse into how Behn reacted after hanging up the phone with the congressman-elect.

🚨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

She nutty. More like the "Rashida Tlaib of Tennessee," amirite?

While Aftyn was busy lecturing and finger-wagging at the guy chosen by the people of the 7th congressional district of Tennessee, Van Epps was delivering a classy victory speech.

“As we look forward, I say this to my friends in the liberal media and to the professional panickers in my own party. Tonight, we showed running from Trump is how you lose. Running with Trump is how you win," he said.

A pro-Trump Republican now represents the Tennessee district. Not Behn. She is welcome to bring her far-left platitudes to a contributor position with MS NOW. But she doesn't get to make those demands of Van Epps.

Editor’s Note: The Democrat Party has never been less popular as voters reject its globalist agenda.

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