Wire›2026 05 02›Minnesota Mayors Fight Democrat Effort To Punish Them For Rejecting Updated Flag

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Minnesota Mayors Fight Democrat Effort to Punish Them for Rejecting Updated Flag: 'Overreach of Power'

Some mayors in Democrat-run Minnesota are rejecting an attempt to force them to fly the state's redesigned flag which many have argued resembles the Somali national flag, Fox News reported Friday. The post Minnesota Mayors Fight Democrat Effort to Punish Them for Rejecting Update

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Minnesota Mayors Fight Democrat Effort to Punish Them for Rejecting Updated Flag: 'Overreach of Power'Some mayors in Democrat-run Minnesota are rejecting an attempt to force them to fly the state's redesigned flag which many have argued resembles the Somali national flag, Fox News reported Friday. The post Minnesota Mayors Fight Democrat Effort to Punish Them for Rejecting Update
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