Tammi Fisher: The Montana GOP is now saying the quiet part out loud
KALISPELL — The Montana GOP changed its platform recently and removed an important passage, hoping Montanans wouldn't notice: 'We support the indiv...
KALISPELL — The Montana GOP changed its platform recently and removed an important passage, hoping Montanans wouldn't notice: 'We support the individual rights of Montana tribal citizens as guaranteed by the Montana constitution.'Within weeks of the removal of this passage, and issuing the new authoritarian approved State Platform, leaders within the Montana GOP started saying the quiet part out loud.At a North Central Pachyderm meeting, Ed Butcher, the developer of the 'legistats' loyalty scorecard that is now mandated by the MTGOP in its new platform, publicly expressed his disdain for Native Montanans who happen to be American Indian.