Dear Matt,

You bravely served our country, but who are you protecting now? Will you protect our children, or wealthy and powerful predators?

Will you stand up for our neighbors who look, pray, or love differently, or those who weren't lucky enough to be born in our great country, state, or district? Your policy positions, silence, and alliances prove you won't.

We truly appreciate your service in the Army and National Guard. You wore the uniform with honor, and Tennesseans recognize that sacrifice. But this moment in our nation's politics demands leaders with a strong backbone and willingness to stand up for all people. Instead, you answer to Donald Trump, billionaire hedge fund donors, and dark money PACs trying to buy this seat.

Your opponent, Aftyn Behn, refuses corporate PAC money. You refuse to answer questions. Aftyn has grassroots support. You are counting on unlimited mega-donor money.

Your donors push school vouchers - public money for private schools that explode state budgets, show little to no educational impact, and funnel taxpayer money to private businesses. Ask Arizona, where vouchers represent two-thirds of their huge budget deficit in 2025. That's not reform. That's a handout.

You dodge forums, skip interviews, and let surrogates speak while you stay silent. Mark Green resigned for a private gig, and you stepped down the same day. That's choreography, not coincidence. This violated the trust of the same voters you are counting on, and directly costs taxpayers who are forced to fund another election. Will you at least commit to staying the remainder of the term? Mark stayed long enough to increase the deficit by $3.4 trillion dollars while pretending to be fiscally responsible.

Here's a strange one: did you actually grow up in TN? It's WEIRD that your campaign never says where you were born or when you moved to Tennessee, but stranger still is that both Google and AI are stumped. If you want to represent TN-7, tell us where you came from, and if you came to TN for more than a politically convenient job.

I worry that you will do whatever your Leader Trump commands. You stayed silent on his $5 billion crypto grift, and even supported an unconstitutional third term. TN-7 must know, with clarity - will you support Trump's blatant “pay-for-pardon” schemes and dive right into the swamp he promised to drain? Will you cower if Trump sends armed forces into Nashville? TN-7 deserves independence, not another DC lap dog.

Your uncomfortable silence about releasing the Epstein files is louder than any statement. That's not “deliberation” as you called it - it's delay, protection, and complicity. SHAME ON YOU. You tell us to be concerned about every rightwing bogeyman, but you'll look the other way and run cover for real predators?

You were endorsed by a man who bragged about groping women, creeping into underage dressing rooms, and befriended a convicted sex trafficker. Will you ever stand up for women, Matt?

You rail against “indoctrination” while embracing PragerU and TPUSA - groups that rewrite history and whitewash slavery. That's not freedom. That's manipulation. It's not about guilt, it's about truth. In TN-7, Truth Matters. Are you allowed to admit Trump lost the 2020 election?

Do you support pardons for the hundreds of criminals who assaulted police officers on January 6th? Even for Julian Khater, who was sentenced to 6 years for pepper spraying Officer Brian Sicknick, who died the next day in the hospital. Trump pardoned him, and hundreds like him. You stayed silent. You can Back the Blue, or Stand with Insurrectionists.

Matt, the call is simple: Stand up for TN-7. Stand up for our farmers, our neighbors, our families, and our schools. Stand up for us, or step aside. If you stand for nothing, you don't deserve to lead.

— Disgusted in TN-7

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