Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Wednesday questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision to choose Pride Month as the time to direct the Navy to rename a ship named for gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

Speaking during a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing, Baldwin said she was “disappointed” Hegseth was choosing to focus his time on renaming a John Lewis class of oil replenishment ships named for civil rights leaders, including the USNS Harvey Milk.

“I think we can all agree that we are at a critical point in our history with respect to global threats, the need to counter adversaries like China and Iran — you've gotten a number of questions along those lines — and I'm disappointed that you are instead focusing on a class of ships named for civil rights leaders,” Baldwin said.

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