Nashville businessman Darden Copeland, right, and Rep. Aftyn Behn, not pictured, slammed Rep. Bo Mitchell, left, during the Democratic primary in Congressional District 7 for Mitchell's acceptance of donations from a payday lender. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

A month before the Oct. 7 U.S. House primary, Nashville Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn took two of her political rivals to task for accepting donations from payday lender Advance Financial.

“You’re not going to like me for asking this,” Behn said from the stage at First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill in Nashville, questioning why Democratic opponents Bo Mitchtell took $25,500 in campaign donations and Vincent Dixie $4,000 as members of the Tennessee state legislature.

Behn’s attack came up during a part of the forum w

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