August 01, 2023 10:32 AM UTC

Boebert Takes Off MAGA Hat, Takes Credit For Space Command

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• by: Colorado Pols

Following the announcement yesterday afternoon that the U.S. Space Command headquarters will not relocate to Alabama from Colorado Springs after two years of politically-motivated uncertainty manufactured by former President Donald Trump, Trump’s most indefatigable diehard supporter in the state’s congressional delegation Rep. Lauren Boebert praised President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse Trump’s last-minute act of treachery against the state…without mentioning either President’s name:

In case the contradiction here is not readily apparent, back in August of 2021, ex-President Trump declared what politicos in Colorado and Alabama already knew: the decision to move Space Command issued in the final days of Trump’s presidency was 100% a product of Trump’s vengeful whim. The Denver Post’s Justin Wingerter reported:

Democratic and Republican officials in Colorado have opposed the move ever since and alleged it was Trump who did it. Huntsville is in the district of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, a Republican and staunch Trump ally who led attempts in January to stop the certification of President Joe Biden‘s victory over Trump in the 2020 election.

Speaking on “Rick & Bubba,” a syndicated radio show in Alabama, Trump admitted that he was alone in deciding to move the headquarters, but confused Space Command with Space Force, a separate branch of the military.

“Space Force — I sent to Alabama,” Trump said. “I hope you know that. (They) said they were looking for a home and I single-handedly said, ‘Let’s go to Alabama.’ [Pols emphasis] They wanted it. I said, ‘Let’s go to Alabama. I love Alabama.’”

The awarding of Space Command to Alabama as payback for Alabama Republicans who backed Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 elections, for which Trump is expected to shortly face criminal charges over, isn’t just the proverbial elephant in the room. It’s the whole story, and no honest discussion about what happened here can take place without acknowledging Trump’s gross abuse of power to reward Republicans who stayed with him as he attempted to pull off the greatest electoral crime in American history.

That’s a list that includes Boebert, even though Alabama (temporarily) got the spoils.

If Boebert wants even a sliver of credit for undoing Trump’s treachery, she’d better at least say his name.