Well, bye.
Posted on 01/26/2026 11:45:33 AM PST by Baladas
Republican Chris Madel is ending his campaign for governor of Minnesota, saying that he cannot support the national members of his party and their "retribution on the citizens of our state."
Madel said he supported the original stated purpose of Operation Metro Surge — to detain the "worst of the worst" migrants who are in the country illegally — but said the operation has "expanded far beyond its stated focus on true public safety threats."
His decision comes two days after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and ICU nurse. It was the third shooting in as many weeks by federal agents in the city, and the second resulting in a Minneapolis citizen's death.
In his video announcement on X, Madel said it is "wrong" that U.S. citizens of color are living in fear and carrying passports to prove their citizenship status.
He also criticized two recent federal moves — authorizing officers to enter homes without judicial warrants and cutting off state investigators from accessing evidence of the recent shootings — as unconstitutional.
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Sounds like the Swamp is draining.
The Bush-Romney-McCain retard wing of the party is still hoping to retake the GOP from Trump.
“In his video announcement on X, Madel said it is “wrong” that U.S. citizens of color are living in fear and carrying passports to prove their citizenship status.”
I am calling BS on the above. Why the need to use a passport to show citizenship status? Are that many false state forms of ID being issued in Minnesota? He is also implying that ICE is doing random stops without any cause based on racial profiling alone. Yet offers no proof that is occurring.
And who exactly is causing all the chaos and confrontations. THAT is the entity to blame and it ain’t ICE. Jeez, dumba$$, go home to your (D) party. Sheesh.
I wonder if he was part of the scams? Did he take donations from the Somali folks?
Thank you.
“why doesn’t this tard RINO just switch parties?”
In these deep blue states, no conservative could win any elected office. He probably thought he could make a lane as a RINO. At this point there are 3 parties in the US:
Democrat - which is actually a full on, hive minded communist.
RINO - which is actually an old school Democrat. RINOs would like to be Democrats, but the communist party would have nothing to do with an old school Democrat.
Republican - conservative, there are very few true Republicans.
Exactly.
Yep.
Bye, Bye, then. Begone!
Join the long list of GOP Gentleman Losers.
Richard Nixon was one back in 1960, deciding to concede the race to Kennedy early in that Election Night vote count “for the good of the country”.
But Nixon was able to come back and win in 1968.
John McCain and Mitt Romney behaved in a similar ‘fatalistic’ manner during their primaries, a few decades later.
I hope so.
WTF is wrong with these RINOS.
That’s the truth.
Lisa DeMeuth is our Canidate
Oh Noes!!!!
Now we’re down to a mere 10 Republicans who are running for that worthless nomination, instead of 11.
Nobody ever heard of this loser before today, and it’s a safe bet he never got any media coverage (and certainly no FAVORABLE coverage) before today either.
Now he can be Media Queen For a Day before fading back into total obscurity tomorrow.
Perhaps his husband convinced him to step down?
He represented Jonathan Ross, the agent who shot Ms Good. Wow, what’s up with that?
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