Washington, Dec. 16 -- Congressman Joe Courtney issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after the U.S. Coast Guard allowed its official policy manual (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/16/coast-guard-swastikas-nooses/) to characterize nooses and swastikas as "potential divisive" rather than the pre-existing declaration that they were hate symbols.
"Despite the explicit message from Coast Guard leadership on November 20th that the offensive policy that described nazi symbols and nooses as 'potentially decisive' would not take effect, the official policy manual of the Coast Guard still retains this outrageous position," Courtney said. "The confusion...