36, speaks on the presence of the United States National Guard deployment throughout the city of Memphis at the Orange Mound Community Center on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Ziggy Mack/for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ziggy Mack/for NPR She says she thinks, at least at the county level, that there were concerns over what it would mean to stand up against the governor, and ultimately Trump. “I think the thought is that if this force is coming, then you can get more with honey than vinegar,” she says. She says it was a hard vote for her, because her constituents were split on the matter.