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By Michelle Goldberg

Opinion Columnist

On Monday, Chris Madel, who’d been polling competitively in the Republican primary for Minnesota governor, dropped out of the race, apparently because he was disgusted by ICE’s behavior in Minneapolis. “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,” he said in a video announcement.

Madel’s move was surprising because less than two weeks earlier, he’d stepped forward to provide pro bono representation to Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good. He didn’t condemn Donald Trump when, just days after Good’s killing, he threatened Minnesota on Truth Social with a “DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION,” blasting Trump’s comments only........

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