evidence: 1. An Aug. 5 X post said Walz "just changed the Minnesota flag so it could resemble the Somalian flag." False. The Somalia national flag has a light-blue background with a five-pointed white star in the center. The new Minnesota state flag, adopted May 11, features a white, eight-pointed star on a dark blue background on the left, and light blue coloring on the right. Much of the misinformation is based on proposed Minnesota flag designs and not on the final design. Although both flags have stars and similar colors, Somalia’s flag did not inspire Minnesota’s, Andrew Prekker, a Minnesota man whose flag concept inspired the final design, told PolitiFact. And Walz wasn’t involved in the new flag’s design.