Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he's receiving support from GOP officials after a video was released of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women in 2005.

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WEBVTT FALLOUT CONTINUES FOR DONALD PTRUMP, LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE PGARY JOHNSON SAYS IT'S HELPED PHIS CAMPAIGN BIG TIME. PJOHNSON SPOKE WITH ACTION 7 NEWS PREPORTER MATT HOWERTON EARLIER PTODAY BEFORE HIS ALBUQUERQUE PRALLY. PBEFORE A RALLY THIS AFTERNOON, PGARY JOHNSON TOLD ME THAT DOZENS POF GOP OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY PCALLED HIM, PLEDGING THEIR PSUPPORT FOLLOWING TRUMP'S GAFF PHE ALSO SAID TRUMP'S 2005 PCOMMENTS SHOW THAT HE'S NOT FIT PFOR THE OVAL OFFIC. PLIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE GARY PJOHNSON WAS MET WITH THUNDEROUS PAPPLAUSE DURING A RALLY AT UNM PTODAY. PAND HE WANTED TO MAKE ONE THING PCLEAR. P>> DON'T VOTE FOR CLINTON AND PDON'T VOTE FOR TRUMP, PREPORTER: JOHNSON'S RALLY COMES PON THE HEELS OF A POLITICAL PNIGHTMARE IN THE TRUMP CAMP. PA VIDEO MADE IN 2005 WAS PRELEASED YESTERDAY. PIN IT TRUMP IS HEARD MAKING LEWD PCOMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN. PTODAY JOHNSON SAID TRUMP'S PCOMMENTS WERE UNPRESIDENTIAL AND POVER THE TOP. P>> IN MY ENTIRE LIFE I DON'T PTHINK I'VE EVER MADE STATEMENTS PLIKE THA PIN MY ENTIRE LIFE I DON'T THINK P-- PTHOSE AREN'T COMMENTS THAT ARE PEVEN ACCEPTABLE IN A LOCKER PROOM, PREPORTER: JOHNSON TOLD US HE'S PNOW RECEIVING MORE SUPPORT FRO PGOP OFFICIALS THAN EVER BEFORE, PFOLLOWING THE VIDEO'S RELEASE. PTELLING HIM THIS P>> HOW DO WE LEND OUR SUPPORT? PWHAT IS THE BEST WAY WE CAN PCOMMUNICATE OUR SUPPORT BECAUSE PWE'RE DONE. PREPORTER: JOHNSON IS A LONG SHOT PTO THE WIN THE WHITEHOUSE, BUT PTHE BACKLASH SURROUNDING TRUMP PMAY HELP HIM SIPHON MORE VOTES PFROM THE GOP CANDIDATE. PIT COULD EVEN HELP HIM WIN NEW PMEXICO, WHERE POLLS SHOW HIM PNECK AND NECK WITH TRUMP AND PCLINTON. P>> HE REALLY STANDS FOR LIBERTY PHE REALLY STANDS FOR GETTING OUR POLD VALUES BACK, HE STANDS FOR PTHE CONSTITUTION PREPORTER: JOHNSON HAS BEEN PSNUBBED SO FAR FOR THE PPRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. PBUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A PDECADE, EXPERTS SAY HE HAS A PMAJOR SHOT AT MAKING AN IMPACT PAS A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE. PJOHNSON WILL SPEND THE NEXT FEW PDAYS CAMPAIGNING IN NEW MEXICO, PHE'LL THEN TRAVEL TO THE STATES PHE'S POLLING WELL IN, LIKE PALASKA, UTAH, AND WASHINGTON.

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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he's receiving support from GOP officials after a video was released of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women in 2005. In the video, which was released by The Washington Post, Trump can be heard saying vulgar terms about kissing and touching women. On Saturday before a rally at the University of New Mexico, Johnson called Trump's comments "not presidential" and "over the top." "I would have never said something like that in my entire lifetime, and his apology was not an apology at all," Johnson said. Trump has since apologized saying that the incident doesn't reflect who he is today, and that the conversation was "locker room talk." Johnson said that's no excuse. "Those are comments that I don't think are acceptable in a locker room," Johnson said. Johnson told Action 7 News that he's received an overwhelming amount of support from dozens of GOP officials since the video was released. "It's such a massive amount that the campaign can't even begin to deal with it at the moment," Johnson said. "They're wanting to know how they can lend their support, and what's the best way they can communicate their support because they're done." Johnson is still a long shot to win the White House, but the backlash surrounding Trump may help him siphon more votes from the GOP candidate. It could even help Johnson win New Mexico, where polls show him within striking distance of Trump and Clinton. Johnson has been snubbed so far when it comes to participating in the presidential debates, but experts believe he can have a real impact as a third-party candidate with the general election just a month away. He will spend the next few days in New Mexico campaigning. Officials say Johnson will then head to states where he's polling well.