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Lawmakers criticize Coast Guard policy language on swastikas and nooses; service says it will clarify enforcement
Summary
Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee pressed Coast Guard leaders over new policy language that describes swastikas and nooses as 'potentially divisive'; Coast Guard officials said they do not tolerate hate symbols and have issued a lawful general order to remove ambiguity.
Several members of the House subcommittee raised sharp objections to newly published Coast Guard policy language that they said treated swastikas and nooses as merely "potentially divisive." Representative Larson said he was "very disappointed" and said the symbols "are hateful" and should not be characterized as potentially divisive. Representative Carbajal and others repeated similar concerns during opening statements and questioning.
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