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Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive,’ not hate symbols
The Coast Guard's new harassment policy reclassifies swastikas and nooses as "potentially divisive," drawing criticism from lawmakers and antisemitism monitors demanding a reversal.
- On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard posted a new workplace harassment manual online that cancels its prior version and downgrades swastikas and nooses as `potentially divisive`.
- Last month, The Washington Post first reported the planned revision and the Trump administration initially dismissed it as false; within hours, Adm. Kevin Lunday issued a Nov. 20 memo denouncing swastikas and nooses and insisting they remain prohibited.
- Leading Democrats and Jewish groups argued the policy downgrade is dangerous; Sen. Tim Kaine demanded reversal to protect readiness, while Deborah Lipstadt called the decision `terrifying`.
- At a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing Tuesday, Democrats pressed Adm. Kevin Lunday as his nomination faces a Senate confirmation vote later this week, with oversight options including briefings or hearings.
- The downgrade arrives days after at least 15 people were killed at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia amid rising antisemitism globally, and critics warn it risks normalizing hateful symbols and harming service members' safety and unit cohesion.
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Kaine: Coast Guard must reverse policy that downplays swastikas and nooses
Sen. Tim Kaine criticized a new Coast Guard workplace policy that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive” rather than hate symbols and called on the agency to reverse the change immediately.
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Democratic lawmakers outraged by Coast Guard’s reported reversal on swastika policy
Weeks after the Coast Guard commandant personally called lawmakers to reassure them that swastikas and nooses would remain banned hate symbols within the service, the Guard quietly broke its pledge and diminished the severity of such displays as “potentially divisive” instead — the very language that had prompted outrage from lawmakers and the Jewish community. Leading Democrats erupted in outrage on the news of the Coast Guard’s policy shift, w…
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