Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who represented the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good, said Monday that he was ending his Republican campaign for governor of Minnesota after a second protester was killed by federal authorities.
“I cannot support the national Republicans’ stated retribution on the citizens of our state,” Madel said in a video message he posted on social media, “nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
Madel, who has never held elected office, launched his candidacy in December as a political outsider and a fierce defender of law enforcement. One of nearly a dozen candidates in the Republican primary for governor, Madel had been endorsed by the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis.
At the same time though ICE is not looking welcomed in the state so I honestly wouldn’t be surprised that the pro-Ice candidate finds even the state’s party voters not voting for them.
And this guy staying in the race would split the Republican vote handing it to the Dems, or he’d be the only Republican and no matter what ICE loses…
Erm unless both GOP candidates are in the general election they wouldn’t be splitting votes
Only way that could happen would be if this guy stayed in the race and ran as an independent, which is what he is not doing and I believe is what the other commenter is saying he should have done instead
If so I will admit being mistaken here.
Still though I honestly don’t feel worried about a Pro-ICE candidate winning the Minnesota governorship (possibly across the board but I don’t have that deep of a knowledge.)
Things make more sense when you read a full comment…
Yeah unless his interest is to literally get rid of ICE then him being the candidate and winning would not be a threat for ICE.
Let’s be honest he is only criticizing because the negative optics, not out of genuine moral reasoning