Veteran Blasts Pete Hegseth Over Pride Month 'Troll' Job And 'Warrior Ethos'
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Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander (D) smacked down the defense secretary's "pretty immature" order against a late LGBTQ+ rights icon.
Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander (D) on Wednesday dragged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “pretty immature” order for the U.S. Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a vessel named after a late LGBTQ+ rights icon.
Kander — a U.S. Army veteran — spoke to MSNBC about Hegseth’s ’80s “action movie”-like talk of “trying to restore a warrior culture” in the military, arguing that his move to rename the ship sends the wrong message to gay service members who will believe they can’t be part of such an “ethos.”
“That’s a real problem in a military that rightfully got rid of the law that forced Harvey Milk out of the military,” said Kander of Milk, who served in the Navy in the Korean War before being forcibly discharged due to his sexual orientation.
In 1978, Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California. He was assassinated later that year.
The timing of the move to rename the ship — which is set to be announced next week in the heart of Pride Month — was reportedly intentional and reflects wider efforts to reimagine history under President Donald Trump.
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