Fox News anchor claims Democratic candidate’s ‘mother didn’t do an excellent job elevating her’ | EUROtoday

Fox News anchor Julie Banderas not solely tore into Democratic House candidate Aftyn Behn Wednesday, but additionally straight up mentioned that Behn’s “mother did not do a very good job in raising her” and that the congressional hopeful clearly has “mommy issues.”

Banderas’ broadsides in opposition to Democratic state legislator and her mother come as Republicans are sweating a particular election in a ruby crimson Tennessee district that Donald Trump gained by 22 factors only a 12 months in the past. A current ballot finds Behn down simply two factors in opposition to Republican nominee Matt Van Epps, prompting each the GOP and Democrats to pour tons of cash and media consideration into the race.

With Democrats overperforming polls in current elections throughout the nation and Trump’s approval numbers plummeting, a stunner within the Tennessee race – which is being held to exchange former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who retired in June for a non-public sector job – would decrease the variety of Republicans within the House to 218, the precise quantity wanted to take care of a majority.

Additionally, that comes earlier than Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leaves Congress in January and particular elections are held early subsequent 12 months to fill seats in Democrat-leaning districts, probably placing the GOP within the minority earlier than the midterms.

Therefore, in current days, Fox News and different MAGA media retailers have centered intently on Tennessee’s seventh District and Behn, which has included a number of on-air interviews with Epps whereas framing Behn because the “AOC of Tennessee” and “crazy left-wing radical.” The conservative cable big has additionally blasted Behn repeatedly for a resurfaced clip during which she says she “hates Nashville,” utilizing it to color her as out of contact.

During a Wednesday dialogue with Fox News contributor Kaylee McGhee White, Banderas introduced up feedback Behn made 5 years in the past on a podcast during which the congressional candidate defined why she didn’t wish to have children.

“My therapist always asks me to transcribe my dreams when they happen. And the recurring dream I’ve had is standing up in a cafeteria full of women — I don’t know why it was there or whatever — and saying, ‘I don’t want children, I want power,’ and just screaming it at the top of my lungs,” Behn mentioned in September 2020.

“For someone who grew up with my mother telling me never have kids because you’ll have to give up a lot and you’ll have to sacrifice professionally, which is what she was saying,” she continued. “And where I am now with seeing the consequences and the ramifications of women having kids and being in the political field and what they’re able to achieve because we don’t offer … It’s like the political field hasn’t met the challenge of working moms. They really haven’t.”

After highlighting a Daily Caller article that claimed Behn’s remarks reveal that “society has demonized motherhood and trivialized the blessing or marriage,” Banderas then determined to cross judgment on the best way Behn was raised.

“Obviously, people are onto her, but I have to say that the conversation she says she had with her mother about how becoming a mother is gonna make you have to give everything up,” the Fox anchor declared. “I mean, obviously, her mother did not do a very good job in raising her.”

Seemingly agreeing together with her colleague, McGhee White mentioned Behn’s feedback had been “extremely disappointing” and the “the exact opposite of what young women my age need to hear.” Noting that each she and Banderas are moms, McGhee White mentioned she didn’t “expect” Behn to grasp the sacrifices mother and father make for his or her youngsters and the way they aren’t “negative consequences that we have to grin and bear.”

Banderas, in the meantime, wrapped up the phase by taking one final shot at Behn and her mom.

“She’s got mommy issues, for sure,” she exclaimed.