Trump torches Nashville-hating Democrat for string of scandals: 'How the hell can you elect a person like that?'
Trump endorsed Van Epps and urged Tennessee voters to reject Behn, citing her remarks and past conduct.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYBlaze Media is a partisan outlet, and this article uses strongly critical language about a Democratic candidate. The author is identified and the story includes direct quotations, but it offers limited independent verification and no response from Behn’s campaign.
- Source type — A national outlet, but Blaze Media has a clear partisan orientation.
- Editorial standards — The strongly evaluative presentation gives limited evidence of even-handed editorial treatment.
- Author attribution — The article names an author.
- Transparency — The article identifies direct quotations and says the campaign was contacted, but provides little independent corroboration.
The article includes direct quotations and identifies the campaign as having been contacted, but gives no response, provides little context for the old remarks or video, and relies heavily on Trump’s criticism and the outlet’s own evaluative framing.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article centers Trump’s criticisms and presents Behn’s past remarks and conduct in a critical frame. Although it says her campaign was contacted, it includes no response or substantial countervailing perspective.
- Counterarguments presented — The article says the campaign was contacted but includes no response.
- Loaded language — The article uses loaded descriptions of Behn and her campaign.
- Source diversity — Trump’s comments and the outlet’s account of Behn’s past conduct dominate.
- Omitted context — The article offers little context about when or how the earlier remarks and video surfaced.
The report adopts strongly negative descriptions of Behn and foregrounds Trump’s criticism and endorsement of Van Epps. Its language and selection of material favor the Republican candidate.
- Language tone — Terms such as “scandal-ridden” and “erratic” frame Behn negatively.
- Framing — The piece presents Trump’s attack as the central rationale for rejecting Behn.
- Source selection — Trump’s criticism and Behn’s past remarks are featured, while no opposing campaign perspective appears.
- Headline — The headline emphasizes Trump’s attack and labels Behn as “Nashville-hating.”
Donald Trump endorsed Matt Van Epps and criticized Tennessee congressional candidate Aftyn Behn ahead of a special election. The article highlights Behn’s past remarks and a resurfaced video as reasons Trump said voters should reject her.
Trump praised Van Epps during a rally with Speaker Mike Johnson and urged voters not to be influenced by Democratic spending. He criticized Behn, saying she hates Christianity and country music. The article also quotes Behn saying she hates Nashville and country music.
Community verdict
8 VOTESCounts every outlet’s report of this story. See all 4
- Readers of left-leaning coverage: 17% good look
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
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SWIPE →President endorsing Van Epps and criticizing Behn
Democratic candidate in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District
Behn's version of this story ↗Retired representative whose seat is being filled
Speaker of the House at the rally with Trump
Republican candidate endorsed by Trump
Part of a bigger story
4 OUTLETSTrump urged Tennessee voters to back Republican Matt Van Epps in the special election and accused Democrat Aftyn Behn of hating Christianity. Left-leaning outlets frame Trump's intervention as a false accusation and focus on his role in the race. Right-leaning outlets present the accusation as part of the case against Behn, though one emphasizes a resurfaced video and another uses attributed language and includes her response.
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