{"id":1987917,"date":"2023-08-01T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-slams-biden-administration-over-space-command-decision\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:48:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:48:57","slug":"democrat-slams-biden-administration-over-space-command-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-slams-biden-administration-over-space-command-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat criticizes Biden&#8217;s Space Command decision."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-slams-biden-administration-over-space-command-decision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A House Democrat Criticizes Biden Administration&#8217;s Decision \u2063on U.S. Space Command<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A House Democrat from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alabama\">Alabama<\/a> broke party ranks and\u200b criticized the Biden administration over its decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-reverses-plan-to-move-space-command-from-colorado-to-alabama\">nix a Trump-era plan<\/a> to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters to her \u2062state.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Rep. Terri Sewell\u200d Speaks\u200c Out<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/members?q=%7B%22member-state%22%3A%22Alabama%22%2C%22congress%22%3A118%7D\">lone Democrat<\/a> in Alabama\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-76-of-141-republican-representatives-in-pa-send-letter-to-congress-asking-them-to-reject-states-20-electors\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 76 of 141 Republican Representatives in PA Send Letter to Congress Asking Them to Reject State's 20 Electors\">congressional delegation<\/a> who \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/birmingham\/2020\/01\/citing-districts-legacy-fighting-for-voting-rights-rep-terri-sewell-endorses-former-vp-joe-biden-in-2020-presidential-race.html\">endorsed<\/a> President Joe Biden \u2063during \u2064the 2020\u200d election, issued a scathing statement \u2064after the Pentagon announced on \u200bMonday that \u2063the military command would stay in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/colorado\">Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Administration\u2019s decision to keep Space Command in Colorado bows to the whims \u2064of politics over \u2064merit. Huntsville\u2019s merits won this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-under-fire-from-bipartisan-leaders-for-space-command-decision\/\" title=\"Biden faces criticism from both sides for Space Command decision.\">selection process fair<\/a> and square,\u201d Sewell <a href=\"https:\/\/sewell.house.gov\/2023\/7\/rep-sewell-statement-on-decision-to-keep-u-s-space-command-headquarters-in-colorado\">said<\/a>, \u2063referring to the city that had previously been chosen as the\u2063 permanent home of Space Command.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn three separate reports, Huntsville reigned victorious, whereas \u200bColorado did\u2062 not come in second or even third. This reversal is as shameful \u2063as it is disappointing,\u201d she \u2062added. \u201cI expected more from the Biden\u200b Administration. A decision of \u200bthis magnitude\u2062 should not be about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-slams-biden-administration-over-space-command-decision\/\" title=\"Democrat criticizes Biden's Space Command decision.\">red states versus \u2063blue states<\/a>, but rather what is best for our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sewell concluded: \u201cTo be clear, the Alabama Congressional Delegation stands united in opposition to this \u2062decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President\u200c Donald \u200bTrump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacecom.mil\/Newsroom\/Speeches\/Speech-Display\/Article\/2388821\/remarks-by-president-trump-at-event-establishing-the-us-space-command\/#:~:text=We're%20gathered%20here%20in,that's%20pretty%20obvious%20to%20everybody.\">revived<\/a> U.S. \u200cSpace \u2062Command during his administration\u200d and in \u2062his final days in\u200b office in January 2021, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/huntsville\/2021\/01\/us-space-command-headquarters-coming-to-huntsville-alabama-sources.html\">announced<\/a> \u200b that the Air Force intended to move the Space Command headquarters to\u200c Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville,\u2062 Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians from Colorado have long cried foul over the \u2062plan, often claiming that it lacked merit and that politics were at play, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dodig.mil\/reports.html\/article\/3027137\/evaluation-of-the-air-force-selection-process-for-the-permanent-location-of-the\/\">multiple<\/a> government watchdog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-22-106055.pdf\">assessments<\/a> that found the Air Force selection process <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2022\/06\/gao-report-finds-no-issues-with-redstone-arsenal-as-space-command-hq.html\">flawed<\/a> but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/space-command-builds-colorado-hq-congress-tries-force-alabama-move-rcna89504\">legitimate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pentagon \u2063Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick\u2063 Ryder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3477514\/statement-from-pentagon-press-secretary-brig-gen-patrick-ryder-on-us-space-comm\/\">said<\/a> in a statement\u200c that Biden made the decision to reverse the plan following a \u200c\u201cthorough and deliberate evaluation process,\u201d consultation with Defense Secretary Lloyd\u200b Austin, and input from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plan-to-rename-confederate-base-names-moves-forward\/\" title=\"Plan To Rename Confederate Base Names Moves Forward\">senior military leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dismissing the notion that politics were at play, \u2063National Security \u2062Adviser John Kirby <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1686127717903646720\">told CNN<\/a> that Biden acted on \u201coperational readiness\u201d alone. \u201cWhen it came down to it, he believes it is in the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-war-vets-warn-biden-against-shuttering-gitmo\/\" title=\"Congressional War Vets Warn Biden Against Shuttering Gitmo\">national security interests<\/a> of the country if we leave Space Command in Colorado,\u201d Kirby added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Though Coloradan officials, including Republicans, \u200dvoiced support for the decision, Alabama\u2019s\u200d politicians were dismayed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe White House choosing to \u2064not locate Space Command Headquarters in \u200bAlabama \u2013 the rightful selection \u2013 is very simply the wrong decision for national security,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorKayIvey\/status\/1686121295627399168\">said<\/a> Alabama Governor Kay\u2063 Ivey, a Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tommy-tuberville\">Tommy Tuberville<\/a> (R-AL), who is \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader\">holding up military promotions<\/a> to \u200cprotest against a Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/abortion\">abortion<\/a> \u2064 policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTuberville\/status\/1686425401629855744\">said<\/a> \u201cAlabama is united\u201d in opposing the \u201cpolitical decision\u201d by\u2063 the Biden \u2063administration regarding Space Command.\u2063 Rep. Dale Strong (R-AL), whose\u200c district <a href=\"https:\/\/strong.house.gov\/about\/our-district\">includes<\/a> Huntsville, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDaleStrong\/status\/1686111245152161792\">said<\/a> the \u201cfight for Space Command isn\u2019t over.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama House Democrat Terri Sewell defied her party by condemning the Biden administration&#8217;s cancellation of the Trump-era plan to relocate the U.S. Space Command headquarters to her state. 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