In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

[William Seger]

6. Who was responsible?

Acting Coast Guard commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday announced the reversal, but nobody wants to take "credit" for trying to pull this off:

It was unclear Friday morning who had directed the attempt to reclassify such symbols as “potentially divisive” rather than hate symbols. A Coast Guard spokeswoman did not immediately address questions about how late-night policy reversal came to be.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Coast Guard under the purview of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem, did not respond to queries Friday seeking to understand whether Noem or her staff at DHS had any involvement in attempting to classify swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive,” or whether the secretary had even known about the planned language change before The Post’s story was published.

I want to know, was it Noem or someone higher?