‘Take politics out’: Pete Hegseth named the US Navy ship after a gay rights leader; It gives it the name of World War II

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new name on Friday (local time) – USNS Oscar V Peterson – USNS Harvey Milk, when he directed the United States Navy to change the ship’s name.“We are taking politics out of the ship’s naming,” he announced the move with a video on X.Hegseth mentions “politics” that the previous name of the ship was a tribute to Harvey Milk, a politician and homosexual activist. Milk, which served four years in the Navy in the Korean War, but left due to its sexuality, later became openly gay politicians of California.In November 1978, at the age of 48, he was shot dead inside the San Francisco City Hall inside the San Francisco City Hall. He was also the subject of seriously acclaimed biopic “milk” in 2008.On the other hand, Oscar V Peterson spent 20 years in the Navy and during the Battle of World War II, killed in an act of self-sacrifice, which saved lives. Peterson received a posthumous medal for his act of bravery.The USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet repetition Oil, was originally nominated in 2016 under the then President Barack Obama, a Democrat. Its name converts to the removal of dei (diversity, equity and inclusion) from Hegseth to a push and “Vok” policies from the Defense Department, which he takes to a Republican in the administration of Donald Trump. When the step was first reported earlier this month, a Democrat from California called Nancy Pelosi “a shameful, retaliatory elimination of those who fought to break the obstacles for all to chase American dreams.”Pelosi’s statement said, “As the rest of us are celebrating the pride month, it is my hope that the Navy will reconsider this arrogant decision.”