Nashville State Rep Blames Tourists For Why She Declared ‘I Hate’ the City

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 22nd, 2025, 6:56 pm

The Rev. Al Sharpton asked Nashville state Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) on Saturday what her response was to resurfaced clips of her declaring that she hated her hometown.

As Behn ramps up her campaign for Congress, Republicans have seized on the bizarre comment she once made on a podcast about hating Nashville and country music.

“Republicans are feeling the heat and trying to paint you as a radical. Trump has called you ‘The AOC of Tennessee,'” Sharpton said, referring to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who identifies as a democratic socialist. “And Republicans have resurface old comments that you made about not liking country music.”

“As a Nashvillian, I th

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