The Coast Guard scrambled to reverse a policy change that would have reclassified swastikas and nooses as merely "potentially divisive" rather than hate symbols — but only after The Washington Post exposed it.

According to Time, the Post reported Thursday that updated Coast Guard guidelines set to take effect December 15 had quietly downgraded the Nazi insignia and symbols of lynching from their status as prohibited hate symbols. The change sparked immediate outrage from Congress and the public.

"Lynching is a federal hate crime. The world defeated the Nazis in 1945. The debate on these symbols is over. They symbolize hate," Rep. Rick Larsen posted on X. 10

Within hours, Coast Guard acting commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday issued a memo reinstating the original classification. "The claim

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