Tea Partiers Rally For Axed MT Prez

In this April 7 AP file photo, Tim Ravndal waves an American flag while holding a copy of the Constitution as Jim Walker speaks to the crowd through a blow horn outside the state Justice Department in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo/Independent Record, Lisa Kunkel)

Members of the Big Sky Tea Party Association strongly defended former president Tim Ravndal at the group’s meeting Tuesday night following what many called his unfair and hasty ejection from the group over a casual conversation on Facebook that appeared to treat violence against gays lightly. At a frequently contentious meeting, many of the approximately 30 members in attendence blasted acting board chairman Roger Nummerdor and chairman Jim Walker — absent because he’s hunting in the Crazy Mountains — for stripping Ravndal of his position and membership without giving him a chance to defend himself, and for announcing the move to the press over the Labor Day weekend/ Sanjay Talwani , Helena Independent Record. More here .

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