D.C.’s Christina Henderson goes on record about National Guard presence

Washington D.C. Councilmember Christina Henderson, a 2008 Furman University political science alumna, spoke with NPR “Morning Edition” host Leila Fadel about President Donald Trump’s move to bring National Guard troops to the district. Henderson, an independent who serves on the Furman Board of Trustees, said the action by the president is a “manufactured emergency to distract Americans from other pressing national issues of concern.” She also said the move is “an effort to provoke the residents of the district into some violent act” to justify the presence of the troops from Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia.