US EditionSenators freeze Coast Guard admiral’s promotion over swastika, noose policy
Two Democratic senators blocked Adm. Kevin Lunday's Coast Guard commandant nomination over a policy downgrade of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to potentially divisive, amid rising antisemitism.
- The U.S. Coast Guard is criticized for its new workplace harassment policy, which classifies swastikas as potentially divisive instead of a hate symbol, as reported by The Washington Post.
- Senators Tammy Duckworth and Jacky Rosen placed a hold on Admiral Lunday's nomination due to this controversial policy, according to The Washington Post.
- Senator Chuck Schumer stated on the Senate floor that swastikas and nooses are symbols of hate, not divisive symbols.
- Bipartisan senators including Rosen and Lankford pressed the Coast Guard for answers, as Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, said the change `strengthens our ability to report, investigate, and prosecute those who violate longstanding policy`.
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Two democratic senators have stopped the nomination of Admiral Kevin Lunday as commander of the Coast Guard for a new directive.
Coast Guard ‘provided assurances’ swastikas would be banned before flip flop, Lankford spokesperson says
A spokesperson for Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), a co-chair of the Senate antisemitism task force, told Jewish Insider on Wednesday that the Coast Guard had assured Lankford in recent weeks that the service would be correcting its policy to make clear that swastikas would be banned — before reverting this week to a policy that had prompted criticism from Lankford and other lawmakers. Lankford and antisemitism task force co-chair Sen. Jacky Rosen (…
Senators Block Nomination Over Swastika, Noose Policy
Two Democratic senators have blocked a vote to promote Adm. Kevin Lunday to run the Coast Guard, citing a new harassment policy that no longer explicitly labels swastikas and nooses as hate symbols. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Jacky Rosen placed holds on Lunday's nomination after the Coast Guard implemented a...
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Senator pauses Coast Guard nomination over policy on swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols
A U.S. senator says she's pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas and nooses are considered hate symbols and prohibited from being displayed.
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