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

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.”

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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