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On the recordJune 2, 2025
The reported decision by the Trump Administration to change the names of the USNS Harvey Milk and other ships in the John Lewis-class is a shameful, vindictive erasure of those who fought to break down barriers for all to chase the American Dream.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Pelosi criticizes the renaming decision as erasing important historical figures.

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