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He should stay in the race, and if he won he should stand up to trump.
All dropping out does is help whatever sycophant makes it to the general with an R by their name.
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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His ONLY chance of staying in the race with any measure of success would require so much opposition towards ICE and Trump and the GOP broadly would leave him basically adopting all the same positions as whoever he's running against, and having the GOP drop him. It's futile, all staying in the race would do for him would be open more opportunities for people to pin him and trick him into defending ICE and getting clips all over the internet.
He knows his only chance of having a future is keeping his head down and disappearing from the heat. It's about the smartest decision he could make. But let's all remember it's self-preservation, not morality. If there was a shred of values or ethics in clowns like this they wouldn't be republicans at all.
At the same time, it's hard not to understand where he's coming from as well. Throughout the campaign he and his family would be subjected to the full force of the MAGA hate machine. This can have deadly consequences for candidates perceived to not be loyal enough to Il Duce.
Il douche?
It's how fascists referred to Mussolini while he was in power.
It means "the leader" in Italian. It was used by Mussolini, leader of the Italian National Fascist Party in the same way "der Führer" was used to refer to Hitler.
At the same time though ICE is not looking welcomed in the state so I honestly wouldn’t be surprised that the pro-Ice candidate finds even the state’s party voters not voting for them.
And this guy staying in the race would split the Republican vote handing it to the Dems, or he'd be the only Republican and no matter what ICE loses...
Erm unless both GOP candidates are in the general election they wouldn’t be splitting votes
Only way that could happen would be if this guy stayed in the race and ran as an independent, which is what he is not doing and I believe is what the other commenter is saying he should have done instead
If so I will admit being mistaken here.
Still though I honestly don’t feel worried about a Pro-ICE candidate winning the Minnesota governorship (possibly across the board but I don’t have that deep of a knowledge.)
Things make more sense when you read a full comment...
Yeah unless his interest is to literally get rid of ICE then him being the candidate and winning would not be a threat for ICE.
Let’s be honest he is only criticizing because the negative optics, not out of genuine moral reasoning
100% exactly. Came here to say "and 20 worse scumbags will replace him."
Poor poor Americans. You are so young in autocracies, you don't even know what co-optation means and how it works in real life. Soon you'll learn
Shits way older than any of us have been alive and Americans have more experience with it than most countries with the exception of countries America has invaded...
They only have a spine once they are resigning and realize they have no chance of winning. Cowards.
Selfish people. They only care whats best for them. No care for others, no care for society.
Wonder if he'll ask to stop representing Rosman as well.
Under the rule of law even the most reprehensible killer must have the right to be represented by a lawyer. Not that I could do it, but I can accept that others do.
And that is why I believe he would need to ask and can't just quit.