Former candidate seeks to stifle free speech by remaining candidates.

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (PNN) - January 16, 2012 - Jon Huntsman ended his presidential campaign Monday and immediately endorsed Mitt Romney.

“I believe it is now time for our Party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama. Despite our differences and the space between us on some issues, I believe that candidate is Mitt Romney,” Huntsman told supporters at the convention center here Monday.

Huntsman ended his campaign calling on the other candidates to end negative campaigning ahead of Saturday’s primary.

“This race has degenerated into an onslaught of negative attacks not worthy of the American people and not worthy of this critical time,” Huntsman said. “At its core, the Republican Party is a party of ideas, but the current toxic form of our political discourse does not help our cause.”

Speaking of the need to fix the economy and achieve energy independence, Huntsman also criticized Obama for what he called “class warfare for political gain,” and said he was exiting the race to instead help elect Romney - a candidate whose own core Huntsman called into question just last week.

“For our nation to move forward together with new leadership and unity, the Republican Party must first unite,” Huntsman said, explaining his support of the former Massachusetts governor.

Huntsman conveniently neglected to address how candidates whose philosophies and politics differ from other candidates should voice their disagreement. Instead, he engaged in the same sort of political pandering in which every candidate except Ron Paul, The Patriot Congressman, has engaged.