“I will not be attending this year’s convention, nor any Republican convention in the future, until the party focuses on a bigger, bolder, more confident future for the United States — a future based on problem solving, inclusiveness, and a willingness to address the trust deficit, which is every bit as corrosive as our fiscal and economic deficits,” Huntsman said.

Huntsman had racked up two national delegates with his third-place finish in New Hampshire, a point that could have guaranteed him a speaking role. But Huntsman quickly released those delegates to now-presumptive nominee Mitt Romney after Huntsman endorsed him.