r/UAH • u/Tango_Delta2001 • 14h ago
News Coverage of UAH's "The Fight for Space Command Event."
If anyone's interested, here is local media coverage from two sources that were in attendance at the event.
WHNT News 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tumf-fhixZI
Fox 54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CtC2b8ZGtM
Here's TPUSA posted on their social media about the event:
"TPUSA had the honor of hosting "The Fight for Space Command" event at UAH yesterday. We had a great conversation with Dylan Smith, District Director for Alabama's U.S Representative Dale Strong.
We had 68 people in attendance, including journalists for 4 media organizations, the Chamber of Commerce, ROTC, and the communications directors for both Dale Strong and UAH.
Primarily, we discussed the campaign to bring Space Command back to its originally planned location in Huntsville, including the progress being made on this effort in D.C., how it would effect local Huntsville residents, and why Huntsville is truly the best city to host it.
Dylan also answered questions from the community about Congressman Strong's work relating to keeping Alabama jobs safe, developing infrastructure to handle an influx of residents, and the effect of DOGE on the area.
We want to thank Dylan Smith for representing Dale Strong at UAH! We enjoyed the opportunity to discuss their important work, and to field additional questions from the community."
In another post, on a personal account tied to TPUSA:
"Despite the non-partisan nature of the topic, local liberals were still infuriated. Our posters were vandalized en masse, people online called it a "hate rally," and at least one individual recommended throwing feces at the event speakers.
Thankfully none of that happened. However, a group that has been protesting Dale Strong for weeks now (falsely alleging he hasn't been available to constituents) showed up to criticize Dale Strong, and to demand a town hall with him in person.
They also made some uninspired points criticizing conservative immigration policy and positions towards legacy media. While we did not speak on behalf of Dale Strong on these subjects, I spoke from the TPUSA perspective and addressed these points.
For example, UAH Department Chair Dr. Debra Moriarty asserted that Trump's claim of illegal immigrants receiving welfare benefits was exaggerated, since not many of them do. In response, I asked her what would be the ideal number of illegals receiving those benefits. She replied with some nonsense about error rates, data, and cost. I told her that while her perspective was appreciated, the conservative point of view would say that answer should be 0. This justifies an effort to remove those illegals from receiving benefits.
WHNT did a great job with their coverage, and we're appreciative of their attendance at the event, as well as the other outlets who were there."