republicans are condemning donald trump after a tape surfaced of trump describing his pursuit of women in lewd and assaulting terms. | ap photo by rebecca morin and madeline conway 10/08/16 12:58 pm edt updated 10/09/16 03:33 pm edt an explosive report that donald trump once made a series of demeaning sexual comments about women, bragging about groping them, is prompting an unprecedented number of republicans to rebuke their own presidential nominee, condemning him saturday in harsh terms. his campaign reeling and republicans in panic as the revelations threaten to be the fatal blow to their bid to retake the white house, some are even demanding that trump drop out of the race and let his running mate, indiana gov. mike pence, assume his place at the top of the ticket. story continued below the comments, made in a private conversation in 2005 and caught by a hot microphone before the washington post published them on friday, do not mark the first time trump has drawn criticism for his history of making inflammatory statements targeting groups of people. but they have clearly struck a new chord among major players in the gop. here are the prominent republicans who have condemned trump<u+2019>s remarks, from those who simply criticized them to those who rescinded their endorsements and others who want to remove him as the party<u+2019>s nominee. some of them had endorsed trump before friday, while others never had. republicans who have called for trump to be replaced as the gop nominee sen. kelly ayotte rep. bradley byrne al cardenas rep. mike coffman rep. barbara comstock sen. mike crapo gov. dennis daugaard rep. rodney davis rep. bob dold rob engstrom carly fiorina sen. deb fischer sen. jeff flake rep. jeff fortenberry sen. cory gardner rep. scott garrett u.s. senate nominee darryl glenn gov. bill haslam hugh hewitt jon huntsman rep. john katko sen. mark kirk bill kristol sen. mike lee rep. mia love sen. lisa murkowski george pataki condoleezza rice rep. martha roby sen. ben sasse a.j. spiker sen. dan sullivan rep. chris stewart sen. john thune rep. fred upton rep. ann wagner former ge chief jack welch republicans who have said they will not vote for trump/withdrawn an endorsement because of his remarks gov. robert bentley rep. jason chaffetz gov. gary herbert rep. will hurd rep. david jolly gov. john kasich rep. steve knight rep. frank lobiondo gov. susana martinez sen. john mccain rep. erik paulsen sen. rob portman rep. tom rooney gov. brian sandoval arnold schwarzenegger republicans who have denounced trump's remarks (some of these republicans had not previously endorsed trump) sen. roy blunt sen. richard burr jeb bush sen. bill cassidy sen. susan collins sen. ted cruz rep. carlos curbelo gov. doug ducey rep. joe heck sen. ron johnson michigan republican chair ronna romney mcdonald sen. mitch mcconnell lt. gov. dan patrick rnc chair reince priebus rep. cathy mcmorris rodgers mitt romney sen. marco rubio rep. paul ryan gov. rick scott sen. pat toomey rep. todd young by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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