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TRENDING: Huntsman compares GOP to Communist Party of
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*(CNN)* – Former GOP White House contender Jon Huntsman on Monday explained
the comparison he made between the Republican Party and Communist Party of
China the night before as "waxing philosophical" on the state of politics.

On Sunday night Huntsman equated being disinvited by the Republican Party
from a Florida fundraiser in March after he floated the idea of a third
party to "what they do in China on party matters if you talk off script,"
according to political blog BuzzFeed.

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On Monday the former Utah governor, who served as U.S. ambassador to China
under President Barack Obama, blamed blogs for taking a sentence out of
context, but repeated the sentiment.

"Last night I said, you know if you're not on script and you get knocked
out of an event like that the party's supposed to be big tent, you're
supposed to bring in all ideas and I said, I thought for a moment about
what they do in China if you're off script. The party, they knock you out,"
Huntsman said on MSNBC. "We shouldn't be doing that here. We should be
accommodating all voices."

He also called on the Republican Party to provide bold solutions to the
American people, adding that a failure to do so could result in an
"alternative voice or a separate angle of attack that's going to knock it
down," an apparent reference to a third party.

Huntsman suspended his presidential bid in January after a third place
finish in the New Hampshire primary and endorsed frontrunner Mitt Romney
for the nomination.

"This is a time to go big and go bold and go visionary," Huntsman said.
"The people of this country are waiting for it and the world is waiting for
it too, we have a huge opening."


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