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Ned Lamont s year in the shadow of COVID
Gov. Ned Lamont, right, speaks to the media about the potential for a COVID vaccine as Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, left, looks on, during a visit to Protein Sciences, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Meriden. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
In this May 21, 2020, file photo, Gov. Ned Lamont speaks to reporters at Gay City State Park in Hebron, updating the coronavirus situation in the state. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb, File)
Governor Ned Lamont, left, speaks with Second District Congressman Joe Courtney following a press conference to discuss response to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the New London area Monday, October 12, 2020 outside the Community Health Center. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Hanging behind Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk is the painting “Right to Know.” Norman Rockwell completed it in 1968, years after the artist best known for folksy Saturday Evening Post illustrations had turned to serious themes, including distrust in government.
“He did this one, which is right at the height of the Vietnam War, and people just wanted an answer,” Lamont said. “Just tell them what you’re doing, why you’re doing, and explain it to me. And that was LBJ. He wasn’t explaining anything to anybody.”
The painting is from Lamont’s personal art collection, a wealthy man’s passion. He’s owned it for more than 15 years. But it didn’t go up on the wall of his office at the state Capitol until recently, well into the pandemic that has defined his time as governor.
Hanging behind Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk is the painting “Right to Know.” Norman Rockwell completed it in 1968, years after the artist best known for folksy Saturday Evening Post illustrations had turned to serious themes, including distrust in government.
“He did this one, which is right at the height of the Vietnam War, and people just wanted an answer,” Lamont said. “Just tell them what you’re doing, why you’re doing, and explain it to me. And that was LBJ. He wasn’t explaining anything to anybody.”
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