San Diego civic leaders held a press conference Friday morning to denounce Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order to rename the USNS Harvey Milk.

Among them were Mayor Todd Gloria, other elected officials and Nicole Murray Ramirez, a prominent member of the San Diego LGBTQ community and chairman of the city’s Human Relations Commission.

“As mayor of this great city, I want to make sure we’re crystal clear that San Diego objects strongly to renaming this ship,” Gloria said. “This is happening during Pride month. This is intentional, and this is disgraceful. It is cruel and it is mean.”

The renaming announcement came Tuesday, a mere three days into Pride Month, celebrated by the LGBTQ community. Reaction has been swift, with Democrats, led by California Sen. Adam Schiff, setting out to tr

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