Republican ends bid for Minnesota governor, citing ‘unconstitutional’ ICE surge
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#733V5)
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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