Hugh Hewitt said if Donald Trump tries to attack Hillary Clinton with her husband's past affairs, it will be a disaster for the Republican Party. | Getty Hugh Hewitt: Debate could be 'disastrous' for Trump

Expanding on his call for Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt said if Trump tries to attack Hillary Clinton with her husband’s past affairs, then tonight’s debate and the next 29 days will be a calamity for the entire Republican Party.

“If he goes on attack on the behalf of the party on issues of substance in this campaign, he could exit with grace at the end,” Hewitt told MSNBCS’s Hallie Jackson. “But if he doesn’t, if he engages in relitigating the ’80s and ’90s, it will be a disaster for the party.”


After video leaked Friday of Trump lewdly depicting a sexually aggressive nature towards women, Republicans have slammed their nominee with many streaming towards the exits and explicitly calling on their nominee to withdraw. While many in the GOP have criticized Trump’s rhetoric before, never before have so many party leaders come out against their own standard-bearer.

Such a situation, Hewitt said, reminds him of how then-President Richard Nixon made up his remind to resign in 1974.

“As the circle gets closer and people say there’s no way you can win and you’re embarrassing yourself, you will hurt the family, you will hurt your brand, historians will be kind to you if you exit,” Hewitt said.