Trump backs Van Epps for Tennessee’s 7th District, attacks Democrat Behn

President Donald Trump urged Tennesseans to vote for Matt Van Epps, the Republican candidate within the particular election for the Volunteer State’s seventh Congressional District, in a Reality Social submit on Sunday.

Simply two days earlier than the December 2 election, Trump referred to as on “all America First Patriots in Tennessee’s seventh Congressional District who haven’t but voted to please get out and vote.”

The president claimed that Van Epps’ Democratic opponent, state Rep. Aftyn Behn, “hates Christianity, will take your weapons away, needs open borders, transgender for all, males in girls’s sports activities, and overtly disdains nation music.”

“She stated all these items precisely, and certainly: IT’S ON TAPE!” Trump claimed. “Do not take this race with no consideration.”

MARK GREEN RESIGNS FROM CONGRESS, A FURTHER SHRIKING MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE GOP

President Donald Trump urged Tennessee voters to help Matt Van Epps within the Dec. 2 particular election, attacking Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn. (Getty Pictures; Imagn Pictures)

“The Radical Left Democrats are spending a fortune to defeat top-of-the-line candidates we have ever had, Matt Van Epps!”

Trump concluded that Van Epps has his “full and complete approval” and that he “WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU!”

Van Epps, a lieutenant colonel within the Tennessee Military Nationwide Guard and a former Military helicopter pilot, was formally endorsed by Trump earlier this yr, calling his help “an unimaginable honor.”

TENNESSEE GOVERNOR SUPPORTS MILITARY VETERAN JUST DAYS BEFORE CROWDED PRIMARY ELECTIONS

Democratic Congressional candidate nominee State Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, attends a marketing campaign occasion throughout the seventh District particular election, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, Nashville. (George Walker IV/AP Photograph)

See also  Parents charged with murder of missing infant after kidnapping story falls apart

Trump’s submit comes as Behn attracts nationwide consideration for her previous feedback, starting from anti-police rhetoric to her distaste for nation music and Nashville’s ingesting tradition.

The Democrat was additionally as soon as a frequent advocate for slicing police funding, even suggesting that the Metropolitan Nashville Police Division needs to be defunded.

Final week, Behn was requested to make clear her earlier feedback throughout an episode of MS NOW’s “The Weekend.”

“In 2020 you made numerous tweets which have since been deleted that have been extremely essential of police… 2020 was clearly a really charged yr. Do you continue to stand by these feedback? And if not, is there something you want to make clear?” requested host Catherine Rampell.

Aftyn Behn, candidate for the U.S. seventh Congressional District, speaks throughout a political discussion board on Monday, September 8, 2025 in Dickson, Tennessee. (George Walker IV/AP Photograph)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

“I am not going to get into the speaking factors on cable information, however what I’ll say is that, you recognize, our communities want options,” Behn responded. “We want native folks to determine and resolve native issues with native options. And that isn’t the overreach of a federal authorities or state authorities that we’re coping with in Nashville and our cities throughout the state of Tennessee.”

Paul Steinhauser, Alec Schemmel and Hanna Panreck of Fox Information Digital contributed to this report.