Republican ends bid for Minnesota governor, citing 'unconstitutional' ICE surge

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Source: The Guardian


Republican ends bid for Minnesota governor, citing ‘unconstitutional’ ICE surge
Chris Madel drops out of race and in video criticizes the ‘federal retribution on the citizens’ of Minnesota

Maya Yang
Mon 26 Jan 2026 12.23 EST
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A top Republican candidate for Minnesota governor has dropped out of the race, sharply criticizing what he called a “federal retribution on the citizens of our state” amid the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement operations – which sparked public outrage after US agents’ killings of ICU nurse Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.

On Monday, Minneapolis-based attorney Chris Madel made his announcement, saying in a video online: “I cannot support the … stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/republican-chris-madel-minnesota-governor-race-ice

[uncle ray]

1. can't support it, but not couragous enough to run against it.

typical repub cuck.

[mysteryowl]

2. Juxtaposition - he provided legal counsel to the murderer Jonathan Ross

So, there you go.
Did he really renounce his loyalty to the republican party, or is he keeping the clients coming in?





https://www.startribune.com/chris-madel-ends-gop-bid-for-governor-says-he-cant-support-federal-retribution-against-minnesota/601570793

[Prairie Gates]

3. Trump was promised a GOP governor in Minnesota (probably by Miller and Cheung)

A lot of reasons. Probably to steal the state in some goofy 2028 plan, but also (and I think this has not been stated much) so he can do a double federal-state pardon for Derrick Chauvin.

Now he realizes that he's not going to get that. So he's going to throw Noem and Bovino overboard.

[Skittles]

4. if he truly has any conscience or morals

he would get the fuck out of the greedy old pig party

[Omaha Steve]

5. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING

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