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Donald Trump will not attend a Republican Party event in Elkhorn on Saturday, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced late Friday after recordings surfaced earlier that day in which the GOP presidential nominee could be heard using lewd and sexually charged comments about women as he waited to make a cameo appearance on a soap opera in 2005.

“I am sickened by what I heard today,” Ryan said in a statement. “Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified. I hope Mr. Trump treats this situation with the seriousness it deserves and works to demonstrate to the country that he has greater respect for women than this clip suggests. In the meantime, he is no longer attending tomorrow’s event in Wisconsin.”

Even before Ryan’s statement, Trump issued a rare apology Friday, “if anyone was offended.”

The remarks drew rebukes from Democrats and Republicans alike, including the chairman of the Republican National Committee and Kenosha native Reince Priebus, with whom Trump had been scheduled to appear at the event in Elkhorn.

The First District Republican Party of Wisconsin Fall Fest was to feature the first joint campaign appearance of Trump and Ryan, the Janesville native. Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson were also scheduled to attend.