2026-01-26 / 路透社
1月26日（路透社）- 律师克里斯·马德尔（Chris Madel）周一退出了明尼苏达州州长的共和党候选人角逐，指责联邦当局对该州展开报复性行动。此前，在更严格的移民执法冲突中，执法人员杀死了两名美国公民。
这一举动标志着总统唐纳德·特朗普领导的共和党在11月中期选举前，因移民镇压行动引发的紧张局势不断升级。此次行动导致多次公开冲突，以及1月7日和16日（周六）明尼苏达州发生的致命枪击事件。受害者分别是37岁的雷尼·古德（Renee Good）和亚历克斯·普雷蒂（Alex Pretti）。
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“我无法支持国家共和党对我们州公民实施的报复行为，也不能将自己视为会这样做的政党成员。”马德尔在X平台（原推特）发布的视频中表示，”国家共和党人几乎让明尼苏达州的共和党人无法在全州选举中获胜。”
明尼苏达州众议院议长、共和党人莉萨·迪穆思（Lisa Demuth）、州议员克里斯汀·罗宾斯（Kristin Robbins）以及前州参议员斯科特·延森（Scott Jensen）是8月11日初选的10多名共和党候选人之一。
马德尔曾成功为一名明尼苏达州州警辩护，该州警在2025年的一起致命枪击事件中开枪。他表示，移民和海关执法局（ICE）在明尼阿波利斯的突袭行动规模过大，超出了合理范围。这一行动被称为”地铁突击行动”。
明尼苏达州抗议者在联邦探员试图拘留一名男子时，举着谴责移民和海关执法局（ICE）的标语。该男子身份已确认，2026年1月24日，明尼阿波利斯，美国。 路透社/蒂姆·埃文斯 [购买授权权限，新标签打开]
马德尔说，他支持ICE驱逐”最恶劣罪犯”的目标，但该行动”远远超出了其声称的对真正公共安全威胁的关注范围”。
据《明尼苏达星论坛报》报道，马德尔在党内积极分子的民意调查中一直稳居前三。
最终的共和党候选人很可能面临民主党美国参议员艾米·克洛布查尔（Amy Klobuchar）的挑战。克洛布查尔上周宣布参选，被无党派分析师视为热门人选。
明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔兹（Tim Walz）本月因福利欺诈丑闻退出连任竞选。共和党上一次赢得该州州长职位是在2006年。
特朗普一直猛烈抨击瓦尔兹，而瓦尔兹在2024年大选中担任民主党副总统候选人。但周一，特朗普表示他与明尼苏达州州长”立场相似”，后者呼吁ICE从该州撤离。
11月，共和党在国会的多数席位也岌岌可危。美国众议院被视为竞争激烈，而共和党则被认为更有可能保住参议院优势。
报道：科斯塔斯·皮塔斯（Costas Pitas）；编辑：斯科特·马隆（Scott Malone）和辛西娅·奥斯特曼（Cynthia Osterman）
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Republican quits Minnesota governor race, criticizing ICE surge
2026-01-26 / Reuters
Jan 26 (Reuters) – Lawyer Chris Madel on Monday dropped out of the Republican race to be Minnesota’s governor, denouncing what he said was a campaign of retribution against the state by federal authorities, after officers killed two U.S. citizens during clashes over tougher immigration enforcement.
The move was a sign of rising tension in President Donald Trump’s Republican Party ahead of the November midterm elections over the immigration crackdown, which has led to repeated public clashes and the fatal Minnesota shootings of Renee Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on Saturday. Both were 37.
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“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 on X. “The national Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota.”
Republican Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, state Representative Kristin Robbins and former state Senator Scott Jensen are among more than 10 candidates remaining in the August 11 primary to be the party’s gubernatorial candidate.
Madel, who successfully defended a Minnesota state trooper in the fatal shooting of a Black motorist, said the scale of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s surge in Minneapolis, nicknamed Operation Metro Surge, could not be justified.
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Demonstrators carry signs condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans [Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab]
Madel said he supported ICE’s goals of deporting “the worst of the worst from our state,” but the operation “has expanded far beyond its stated focus on true public safety threats.”
According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, Madel had consistently finished in the top three in straw polls of party activists for the primary.
The ultimate Republican candidate is likely to face Democratic U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, who last week entered the race and is considered the favorite by nonpartisan analysts.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz this month dropped a reelection bid amid a welfare fraud scandal. Republicans last won the state’s governorship in 2006.
Trump has been a fierce critic of Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate in the 2024 election, but on Monday said that he was “on a similar wavelength” with the Minnesota governor, who has called for ICE to pull back from his state.
Republicans’ current majority in Congress is also on the line in November, with the U.S. House of Representatives seen as highly competitive while Republicans are seen as having a better chance of retaining their Senate edge.
Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Scott Malone and Cynthia Osterman
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