Minnesota Republican quits governor race, says GOP can’t win

Chris Madel, a Republican running for governor of Minnesota, is dropping out of the race, saying the GOP can’t win and calling the federal immigration crackdown that left a second person dead in Minneapolis over the weekend “an unmitigated disaster.”

“I cannot support the national Republican stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so,” Madel said in a video posted Monday on social media. 

Madel’s withdrawal adds to the bipartisan backlash over the Jan.