More senior Republicans have withdrawn support for US presidential candidate Donald Tformer California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senator John McCain, have distanced themselves from the candidate after his obscene remarks about women became public.
A tape from 2005 of him bragging about groping and kissing women was broadcast and has struck at the heart of the Repubican election campaign with at least a dozen Republicans saying they will not be voting for him, since the comments emerged on Friday.
They include former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senator John McCain.
Trump’s running mate Mike Pence, who many Republicans have said should now be the party’s nominee, also put out a statement saying he could not condone or defend the remarks.