Four days after an opinion column in The Washington Post indicated President Joe Biden was leaning toward keeping U.S. Space Command in Colorado, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville fired back with his own opinion.

The Post published an op/ed from Tuberville on Monday and the senator repeated his arguments that Redstone Arsenal has been determined to be the best site. In the column’s penultimate sentence, Tuberville – a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump – referred to Biden as “Mr. Biden” and not as “President Biden.”

“The military’s decision to place the Space Command at Redstone Arsenal is what is best for national security and for taxpayers,” Tuberville wrote. “If Mr. Biden overrules the Air Force, it will be Washington at its worst — a president putting politics above plain facts. The Space Command belongs in the Rocket City.”

A opinion piece from Post columnist David Ignatius, published last Thursday, said that “the White House appears ready to reverse a Trump administration plan to relocate the U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Ala., because it fears the transfer would disrupt operations at a time when space is increasingly important to the military.”

Numerous reviews and evaluations have identified Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville as the best permanent location for Space Command but its start-up home at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs may have its greatest momentum for keeping the command since the evaluation process started.

Despite assessments of potential sites for Space Command that put Redstone Arsenal at the top of the list, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced earlier this month that additional reviews were underway.

“We don’t know the direction that they’re going to go in,” Tuberville said earlier this month when asked about the additional reviews and if it portended bad news for Redstone.

The senator said that Redstone passed all the reviews “with flying colors” and added, “Then it seems to be almost, ‘We want another review,’” Tuberville said. “I mean, I don’t know what else they can review. (Redstone is) by far the best place.”

In his op/ed, Tuberville also disagreed with the perspective by Ignatius that Redstone was chosen based on politics.

“The op-ed claimed that President Donald Trump chose Huntsville for political reasons,” Tuberville wrote. “In fact, the Air Force secretary made the decision, which was confirmed by the acting defense secretary and finalized by the president.

“The pick — Huntsville — was based on the facts.”

Tuberville cited assessments by the Air Force and reviews by the Department of Defense Inspector General and Government Accountability Office as affirming Redstone as the best location.

Also Monday, Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, voiced bipartisan support for Space Command at Redstone.

“As Minority Leader of the Alabama House of Representatives, I join with Alabama leaders from both sides of the aisle as they stand with those independent experts who came to the merit-based decision that Huntsville offers a world-class workforce, culture of innovation, and track record of success to meet the ever-changing needs of our military,” Daniels said in a statement.

Elected leaders in Alabama responded in a chorus of support last Friday for Space Command at Redstone Arsenal, including an op/ed from Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle.

Gov. Kay Ivey also said she had no concerns over the prospect of Space Command not coming to Huntsville.

“I don’t have any,” she said. “We’ve passed every review. We’ve been at the top of every review that’s been done. And so it’s clearly been decided it’s coming to Alabama. We’re proud to have it.”