Sarah Palin Tea Party Event Boots Christine O’Donnell From Lineup

Has Christine O’Donnell been kicked out of the Tea Party? Failed Tea Party senatorial candidate Christine O’Donnell may not be a witch, but she’s no longer a welcome member of the Tea Party either. Tea Party of America, which is hosting “Restoring America,” an event Saturday headlined by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has rescinded its invitation to Christine O’Donnell after receiving many “emails from a lot of tea party folks that were very disappointed that she would be speaking,” Tea Party of America’s cofounder, Charlie Gruschow, said, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. “We decided not to have her speak,” Gruschow said. “We felt it was in the best interest of the movement.”

WATCH: Christine O’Donnell Walks Off Piers Morgan Rather Than Talk Gay Marriage

Recently, O’Donnell was excoriated after appearing on “Piers Morgan Tonight” for walking off the set after spending over two minuted refusing to discuss topics that are in her recent memoir, Troublemaker, such as homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Criticism came not only from those on the Left, but from Tea Party leaders themselves.

Characterizing her performance as a “temper tantrum,” Judson Phillips, founder and head of Tea Party Nation wrote, “if you are going to play in the big leagues, you have to play by the rules. CNN and Piers Morgan are pretty far to the left but this time Morgan is right and O’Donnell was not only wrong, but extremely unprofessional to walk out of the interview.

“She was on the show to talk about her book, which Morgan commented on favorably. O’Donnell refused to answer the question about gay marriage, saying it is in the book. If you write a book, be expected to answer questions about what you put in the book.”

“Piers Morgan was not asking anything inappropriate. Christine O’Donnell’s immature and unprofessional response makes the Tea Party movement look bad. Was she ashamed of her position on gay marriage? Did she not feel competent enough to defend her beliefs? We will never know.

“Conservatives everywhere should be able to articulate their political positions and the reasons behind them without throwing a temper tantrum when they are asked to defend them.

“We may have just seen Christine O’Donnell’s last prime time performance. I am sure she is a nice person but she does not understand what she has to do if she is going to be a national figure.

“If she does not understand this, perhaps fading from the scene might not be a bad thing for her.”