Independent American Party Candidate Invited to Salt Lake County Republican Convention, Then Asked to Leave

From “Rolly: Cast-out candidate says convention eviction was Love’s doing” by Paul Rolly:

A congressional candidate who was kicked out of Saturday’s Salt Lake County Republican Convention says he was asked to leave after paying $300 for a booth because the Mia Love campaign insisted he go.

Tim Aalders is a conservative talk-radio commentator who is running in the 4th District as an Independent American Party candidate. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 2012 as a Republican, so he is known in the GOP, but he said he was surprised to be invited to Saturday’s convention because he now represents another party.

“I told them that I was with the Independent American Party,” he said, “but they told me they still wanted me there. They said I had a good message to tell.”

Aalders paid his $300 and a booth was reserved for him.

“They knew all week that he had a booth reserved and that he was with the Independent American Party,” said delegate Jeff White, who witnessed the eviction. “Why did they wait until Saturday to tell him he wasn’t welcome?”

Thanks to Cody Quirk for the link.