So I can speak to Donald Trump, I wouldn't bother because I don't think anything would stick.

That was Daisy Rockwell. She may not have a lot to say to Donald Trump, but she has a lot of

words of wisdom for the rest of us. I'm Catherine Rampel, and in this very special episode of

Bullwork Takes, we're going to get into all of that soon. Because Daisy is a writer,

she's an artist, and she also happens to be the granddaughter of the great Norman Rockwell.

Yes, that Norman Rockwell, the Norman Rockwell, whose work defined the 20th century

and whose famous paintings captured all of these wholesome, iconic moments

of American middle class life. Some of Rockwell's famous paintings have been used this year

without permission by the Department of Homeland Security, basically co-opting his legacy to

promote their anti-immigrant campaign in social media posts. So like, I'll give you

one example. One of these posts read, protect our American way of life. And it was alongside, of course,

white women, white men and cute little white children saluting the American flag. All of this completely

misread Norman Rockwell's legacy.

Yes, he was known in the early 20th century for these very white, wholesome, boy scout populated

paintings of small town America.

But in the 60s, Rockwell basically got woke and painted some of the most iconic images,

enduring images of the civil rights movement. The Rockwell family was understandably unhappy

about this hijacking of their patriarch's legacy in furtherance of an anti-immigrant agenda. In a letter, an op-ed published in USA

today, they expressed their outrage and indignation. They have asked for DHS to stop. DHS did not stop.

In fact, they just published another one of these social media posts with a famous Norman Rockwell Santa painting,

again, part of the government propaganda campaign.

And in their letter in USA Today, the family writes that this goes against everything that Norman Rockwell stood for.

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