The flag includes a star and blue coloring, as does Somalia’s national flag, but Somalia’s flag was not an inspiration, its designer says Minnesota's new state flag was officially adopted May ...

Minnesota did pick a new flag in 2023 but Tim Walz was not involved in the selection process. Any similarities to the Somali flag are unintentional. Tim Walz didn’t select a new Minnesota flag.

It picked one from Andrew Prekker, 25, of Luverne, as the basis for the new flag. Prekker said Walz had nothing to do with the creation of the flag, and Somalia had nothing to do with the flag design.

Social media posts claim Tim Walz, Minnesota governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate, replaced his US state's flag with one resembling that of Somalia. This is misleading; the two ...