Chris Madel, a Republican running for governor in Minnesota, exited the race Monday over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in the state, which has resulted in two U.S. citizens being killed by federal agents.
Madel said in a video announcement that he cannot support the national GOP’s “stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
His departure from the race is a sign of a growing fissure within the Republican Party over the Trump administration’s mass deportation tactics.