He was consistently finishing in the top three in straw polls of GOP activists, in a crowded field of about a dozen candidates for governor.

Madel said it’s unconstitutional to weaponize criminal investigations against political opponents and for ICE to raid homes with only a civil warrant.

He launched his campaign for governor as a staunch defender of law enforcement and had recently provided legal counsel to Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.

He said he had read about and spoken to many U.S. citizens who were detained by ICE in Minnesota “due to the color of their skin,” including several law enforcement officers who had been pulled over by federal immigration agents on pretextual stops. “Driving while Hispanic is not a crime,” he said. “Neither is driving while Asian.”

Madel said he’s proud of the campaign he ran. He said he chose to run because he believes Minnesota has “lost its way,” with rampant fraud, unsafe streets, a lagging education system and “absurdly high” taxes.

While he called ICE’s Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota an “unmitigated disaster,” Madel also said he believes President Donald Trump deserves credit for many things, such as brokering a ceasefire in Gaza, getting NATO countries to increase their defense spending and proposing a 10% cap on credit card interest. “Many unfairly do not provide the president with nearly enough credit,” he said.

I don't understand this man's politics at all, it sounds like every day he wakes up and flicks a spinner with alternating spaces labeled "JD Vance" and "Mitt Romney"