Lauren Boebert joins outcry over Trump’s big snub of Colorado

The entire congressional delegation of Colorado, with all Republicans included, issued a statement on Tuesday condemning President Donald Trump's decision to relocate the U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, reported Axios' Andrew Solender.

Even infamous MAGA firebrand Lauren Boebert signed on to the protest.

"Today's decision to move U.S Space Command's headquarters out of Colorado and to Alabama will directly harm our state and the nation. We are united in fighting to reverse this decision," said the statement. "Bottom line — moving Space Command headquarters weakens our national security at the worst possible time."

"Moving Space Command sets our space defense apparatus back years, wastes billions of taxpayer dollars, and hands the advantage to the converging threats of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea ... imped[ing] our military's operational capability for years," the statement continued. "Space Command's long-term presence in Colorado Springs has also created a large number of civilian businesses and workers on which the Command now relies. Those people will not simply move with the Command at the military's whim. Many of them will leave the industry altogether, creating a disruption in the workforce that will take our national defense systems decades to recreate."

"Being prepared for any threats should bethe nation's top priority; a crucial part of that is keeping in place what is already fully operational," the statement concluded. "Moving Space Command would not result in any additional operational capabilities than what we have up and running in Colorado Springs now. Colorado Springs is the appropriate home for U.S. Space Command, and we will take the necessary action to keep it there."

Trump originally planned the relocation of Space Command to Alabama in his first term, but it was reversed by former President Joe Biden in 2023 after Gen. James Dickinson warned the administration it would harm military readiness.