"Chris Madel, an attorney seeking the Republican nomination in Minnesota's gubernatorial race, dropped out on Monday, saying the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation in the state has gone too far. Madel said he agreed with deporting violent criminals, but the situation had expanded far beyond its stated focus on true public safety threats and become an unmitigated disaster. United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear, Madel said in a nearly 11-minute video posted on social media."
"United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That's wrong. He said he'd personally heard from non-white police officers who'd been harassed by ICE. Driving while Hispanic is not a crime, neither is driving while Asian. I cannot support the national Republicans' stated retribution on the citizens of our state. Nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Madel, 59, said the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans had negatively tilted the election landscape and made ICE a political liability. National Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota, he said. Madel also ruled out running as an independent and said he would return donors' contributions. The announcement comes after weeks of protests that intensified earlier this month after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good while she was in her car."
Chris Madel withdrew from the Republican gubernatorial primary in Minnesota, citing the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation in the state as having gone too far. He supported deporting violent criminals but said enforcement expanded beyond true public-safety threats and became an unmitigated disaster. Madel said United States citizens, particularly people of color, live in fear and are carrying papers to prove citizenship. He reported non-white police officers being harassed by ICE and declared that driving while Hispanic or Asian is not a crime. Madel ruled out an independent bid, pledged to return donations, and said national Republicans made statewide victory nearly impossible.
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