CAMPBELL, FOX NINE. PLUS, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A PLACE IN OUR HISTORY. IT'S NOT BEING BANISHED OR THROWN AWAY. IT'S JUST WE'RE PIVOTING TO SOME IMAGES NOW IN THE NEW STATE FLAG AND THE NEW STATE SEAL, WHICH ARE MORE UNITING A BIG DAY IN SAINT PAUL AS STATE LEADERS OFFICIALLY RETIRED. THE OLD MINNESOTA FLAG AND WELCOMED THE NEW ONE. IT'S A DECISION THAT HAS FACED A LOT OF CRITICISM AND SUPPORT, THOUGH, FROM BOTH LAWMAKERS AND MINNESOTANS. BUT THIS COULD BE A FRESH START. AFTER A HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED PROCESS, FOX NINES BAB SANTOS WAS AT THE CEREMONY TODAY, AND HE JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH MORE ON THE STORY. HEY, BABS. YEAH, KAREN, A BIG DAY, A FRESH START. AND NOW, AFTER ALL OF THIS, MINNESOTA IS JOINING UTAH. GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI AS STATES THAT HAVE ALL REDESIGNED THEIR EMBLEMS. RECENTLY, WE HEARD FROM EXPERTS. WE HEARD FROM EVERYDAY MINNESOTANS. WE USED A SIMULATOR TO SHOW WHAT EACH FLAG DESIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE, FLUTTERING IN THE WIND. ON ITS 166TH BIRTHDAY, ITS OFFICIAL . MINNESOTA RECEIVED A GIFT FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT REQUIRED A LOT OF THOUGHT. ONLY NOT EVERYONE APPRECIATES THE GESTURE , AS RECENT POLLS HAVE SUGGESTED. ABOUT HALF OF MINNESOTANS FAVOR OUR OLD FLAG, WHICH SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS FOUGHT TO KEEP. MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE STEVE SIMON FELT IT WAS TIME FOR THE OLD FLAG TO GO. I THINK WE COULD DO BETTER. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING AGAINST THAT OLD SEAL IN TERMS OF IT'S PART OF OUR HISTORY. BUT LET'S PIVOT NOW IN 2024 AND DO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE INCLUSIVE. THIS CROWD IN THE CAPITAL CITY ON SATURDAY AGREED. THEY GATHERED TO FORMALLY ADOPT THE NEW FLAG AND SEAL CHOSEN BY A STATE EMBLEM REDESIGN COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWED THOUSANDS OF PROPOSALS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. IT'S SUCH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE'VE CHANGED THE FLAG TO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE INCLUSIVE TO ALL PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THE NEW FLAG IS ANDREW PACA'S LATEST CREATION. I FEEL LIKE MINE IS A FLAG THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GROW IN A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN IF THEY AREN'T A HUGE FAN OF IT. IT IS UNIFYING. IT IS PLEASING TO THE EYE. IT WILL OUTLIVE US ALL. JUST BEFORE SUNRISE ON THIS STATEHOOD DAY, THE OLD STATE FLAG WAS REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE NATIVE AMERICAN MAN ON HORSEBACK WAS TROUBLING TO A GREAT MANY. TODAY, MINNESOTA'S SECRETARY OF STATE ADDED THAT MAINE, ILLINOIS AND MASSACHUSETTS ARE ALSO NOW CONSID
