Huntsman To Deliver Speech On ‘Restoring Trust’ — While Attacking Mitt And Newt

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Jon Huntsman is set to deliver a major speech today at the National Press Club, based around the theme “Restoring Trust,” in which he will go after President Obama, plus the two current top Republican candidates, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, pitching himself as a consistent conservative.

Huntsman served as President Obama’s Ambassador to China until April of this year, when he resigned in order to run for president.

The speech is scheduled to begin at at 12 p.m. ET. A live stream of the event will be available here.

Huntsman has also released a companion Web video:

Key quote in the speech, from excerpts released by the campaign:

The president came to office with a mandate to restore trust in Washington, yet his inexperience and failure to lead have left us worse off. He promised to change Washington, and then immediately succumbed to the partisanship, corporate handouts, bailouts, and spending that have made it so reviled.

My opponents offer no better.

Governor Romney will say anything to earn the voters trust. We are in this mess because there are already enough people in Washington who make a career out of telling people what they want to hear.

Newt Gingrich is a product of that same Washington, who participated in the excesses of our broken and polarized political system.

You may not agree with me on every single issue.

But you’ll always know exactly where I stand, and I will never waver from my conservative convictions.

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