A House Democrat from Alabama broke party ranks and criticized the Biden administration over its decision to nix a Trump-era plan to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters to her state.
Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), the lone Democrat in Alabama’s congressional delegation who endorsed President Joe Biden during the 2020 election, issued a scathing statement after the Pentagon announced on Monday that the military command would stay in Colorado.
“This Administration’s decision to keep Space Command in Colorado bows to the whims of politics over merit. Huntsville’s merits won this selection process fair and square,” Sewell said, referring to the city that had previously been chosen as the permanent home of Space Command.
“In three separate reports, Huntsville reigned victorious, whereas Colorado did not come in second or even third. This reversal is as shameful as it is disappointing,” she added. “I expected more from the Biden Administration. A decision of this magnitude…
