At first look, the poster is familiar. It features a man whose head is barely above water, his finger pointed threateningly at the viewer with the message, “
Someone Talked!” It was originally printed by the U.S. government in 1942 as part of a propaganda effort to encourage Americans to support — and sacrifice for — the war effort against the Nazis.
This week those posters started popping up on light poles and utility boxes around D.C., but with a different message on them: “Someone (Donald Trump) Tweeted!”
And it wasn’t the only one: six other variations of iconic World War II-era propaganda posters similarly appeared around town, all with messages opposing white supremacy and what some say is President Trump’s troubling relationship with it.
The posters are part of https://projectscholl.com/ (The Sophie Scholl Project), an effort funded by the liberal https://creativemajoritypac.com/ and named after the
German activist who was tried and executed for treason after engaging in anti-Nazi activities in the 1940s. So far, more than 4,000 of the posters have been wheat-pasted around D.C.
