Allen-Gailushas, a Republican candidate for the Montana House in District 82 who is listed as secretary on the Big Sky Tea Party Association website, also has come under fire in many online blogs. Her lawsuit, which claims the Office of Public Instruction is violating the Montana Constitution by not stopping the health curriculum process, has no merit constitutionally. She also has controversial content on a social network site — her MySpace page shows her holding a handgun in her right hand with a black shirt and white letters that read “Jihad this.”

Ravndal participated in many, if not all, of the Tea Party rallies at the Capitol, often waving large American flags or buzzing through logs symbolic of the federal budget with a chain saw.

In his written press release, Walker continued to distance the party from Ravndal’s Facebook comment.

“I do believe Mr. Ravndal when he explained that he was in no way intending to promote violence and that he was not thinking about nor condoning the murder of an innocent victim in Wyoming in 1998 when he responded to some very disturbing comments made by another individual,” Walker wrote. “However, no matter how we considered the commentary, it was clear to us that he was participating in conversation which was overtly bigoted and we cannot have an officer of our corporation engaging in such behavior.”