"I find that no apology can excuse away Donald Trump's reprehensible comments degrading women,” Jeb Bush tweeted. | Getty Jeb Bush: 'No apology can excuse away Donald Trump's reprehensible comments'

Former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush condemned vulgar comments made in 2005 by GOP nominee Donald Trump, whose crude remarks were captured on video and first published by the Washington Post.

“As the grandfather of two precious girls, I find that no apology can excuse away Donald Trump's reprehensible comments degrading women,” Bush wrote on Twitter.


Trump was caught on the tape making sexually aggressive remarks toward women, a revelation that is certain to engulf his campaign with controversy just two days before the second presidential debate.

In the tape, Trump brags to Billy Bush, who was then a host of "Access Hollywood," about kissing beautiful women, suggesting he could do so against their will, saying, “I don’t even wait.” He also said that he grabs them by their genitals.

“And when you’re a star, they let you do it,” Trump says in the clip, which was filmed during an episode of “Access Hollywood."

Billy Bush is Jeb Bush's cousin. He apologized for his role in the conversation with Trump in a statement sent to CNN.

"Obviously I'm embarrassed and ashamed. It's no excuse, but this happened 11 years ago -- I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry," Billy Bush said.