Democratic state Reps. Aftyn Behn, the nominee in the Dec. 2 special election for Tennessee Congressional District 5, Bo Mitchell and Vincent Dixie. Mitchell and Dixie ran for the seat in the Democratic primary. (Photos: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

The 11th Commandment, according to President Ronald Reagan, was “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”

Reagan used the phrase during his 1966 campaign to become California governor, and according to a 2017 Politico story, the phrase spoke to a larger issue: Moderate and conservative wings of the Republican Party were at odds after the 1964 presidential election, with the former blaming the latter for Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater’s defeat.

If this sounds familiar, it could be because Tennessee Democrats regularly engage in

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