New Minnesota state flag becomes partisan issue in 2024

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Minnesota Republican leaders are ramping up their opposition to the new state flag, hoping to turn anger over the redesign into a election-year issue.

Rep. Bjorn Olson, R-Fairmont, and Sen. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, both nonvoting members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission, plan to introduce legislation in the upcoming session to put the final design to a vote of the public in the fall.

The Secretary of State's Office has raised questions about whether such legislation is constitutional. But both legislators said they felt the process was rushed — the commission had to decide on a new flag and seal design in four months — and the public didn't get enough chances to testify in front of the commission.

Earlier this month, David Hann, the chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota, also denounced the new state flag along with Deputy Chair Donna Bergstrom, arguing that the old flag was historically significant and arguing that the DFL is on a "quest to erase our history." They're raising money by selling "don't PC our flag" and "erasing history" T-shirts on the party's website.

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https://www.startribune.com/new-state-flag-becomes-partisan-issue-in-2024/600339023/

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. The flag is not becoming a partisan issue. Republicans are trying to make it one.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Put a swastika on a new flag

The gop swine will adopt it tomorrow.

[keithbvadu2]

3. I don't see any valid political issue, but I like the old flag more. It's prettier. That's all.

[PlutosHeart]

4. They are desperate since

they know there is a percentage of people that like the old flag and those people have no clue about history or imaginary. The same people who want the name "Lake Calhoun" to come back.
So they will use this small issue to try to drive wedges. Losers all.
Plus it it were "red" they might not gripe as much also. Too much blue in it for their poor nerves.

[ThreeNoSeep]

5. Not a fan of the new flag

It appears insipid, weak, and bland. A carpet sample is more inspiring.

[Mawspam2]

6. Yes, it is time to retire the old flag.

While the new flag is acceptable, it is not inspiring.

The new flag is a design-by-committee compromise to offend as few people as possible. It really does nothing to make citizens proud of Minnesota or to attract new residents or businesses.

That said, let's move on.

[SarahD]

7. New flag is ugly and insipid.

They need a beaver and a moose attacking a voyageur. Something like that. Maybe a nice hockey fight.

[Oopsie Daisy]

8. Both flags are bad. The new flag looks like a business logo, not a state flag.