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10 March 2015

Ideological cleansing is washing away the MT GOP’s diversity

How much ideological cleansing can a political party withstand before it’s scrubbed down to a nutty cult? Montana’s Republican Party is about to find out. The party’s central committee in Great Falls just censored Rep. Steve Fitzpatrick for moving legislation deemed inimical to a closed primary. And Will Deschamps, reports Montana Cowgirl, is gunning for another term as chairman of the Montana Republican Party, but this time without Sen. Jennifer Fielder as his sidekick, a move that infuriated Rep. Art Wittich. Cowgirl has the GOP emails, and the dozens of GOP email addresses that go with them.