Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was suspending his independent presidential bid and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump on Friday, a day after Kennedy withdrew from the ballot in Arizona.

Kennedy was expected to announce he was withdrawing from the race at a speech in Phoenix on Friday afternoon, but a Pennsylvania court filing earlier in the day confirmed he would withdraw from that states ballot and endorse Trump .

In a bit of a twist, Kennedy said he was not terminating his campaign, only suspending it, and encouraged his supporters who are not in battleground states to nevertheless vote for him.

In 10 battleground states, however, including Arizona and Pennsylvania, hes removing his name from the ballot and urged voters not to vote for him, fearing he would play the role of a spoiler candidate by siphoning votes away from Trump.

In an honest system, I believe I would have won the election, Kennedy told the crowd. In a system with open debates, with fair primaries and with a truly independent media untainted by government propaganda and censorship, everything would be different.