Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Secretary of the Navy to rename a naval ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk, according to a defense official. Abby Phillip asks the NewsNight panel why the administration is comfortable stripping recognition from women and Black, Brown, and gay Americans -- but is quick to defend Confederate statues and monuments? #CNN #News

Abby Phillip on Hegseth erasing civil rights icons from ships: 'What are we doing here?'

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Abby Phillip on Hegseth erasing civil rights icons from ships: 'What are we doing here?'

Abby Phillip on Hegseth erasing civil rights icons from ships: 'What are we doing here?'