Far-left Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is inviting the public to submit design ideas for a new state flag. This follows lawmakers’ decision last year to ask voters to decide whether to scrap the traditional flag, which features the state coat of arms on a blue background.
Bellows, who previously attempted to ban Donald Trump from running for the Republican presidential nomination in the Pine Tree State, announced the contest on Friday. “I invite every Mainer to consider submitting a design for consideration,” she said.
The chosen design will form the basis for a new flag that voters will approve or reject in a November referendum. However, Bellows has mandated that submissions must feature a central pine tree and a blue five-pointed star in a corner, similar to Maine’s 1901 flag, replaced by the current iteration in 1909.
Minnesota replaced its traditional state flag, featuring a Native American brave and a white farmer, in May. Despite public opposition, Democratic lawmakers scrapped the detailed 1893 design for an eight-pointed white star on a minimalist background in two shades of blue.
Critics complain the new flag resembles the Somali flag. Minnesota, represented in part by Somalian immigration fraudster Ilhan Omar, hosts the largest Somali diaspora in America.
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