Hugh Hewitt urged Donald Trump to quit "for the benefit of the country, the party and his family, and for his own good." | Getty Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt calls on Trump to quit

Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt urged Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race on Saturday, a day after video surfaced of the Republican nominee making sexually aggressive comments toward women.

"For the benefit of the country, the party and his family, and for his own good, @realDonaldTrump should withdraw. More and worse oppo coming," Hewitt tweeted.


Hewitt — a cerebral interviewer who helped moderate several GOP primary debates — had endorsed Trump, arguing that a Republican president was necessary to ensure a conservative Supreme Court.

But Trump's 2005 comments, in which he boasted about his ability to grab women's genitals with impunity, apparently became too much. A growing number of Republican politicians are also calling on Trump to step down.

"It would be good for him and @RNC to study options as it seems — on partial information — that he can't overcome this (and more on the way.). Issues re #SCOTUS and DOD don't change. Ability to compete does and should drive @realDonaldTrump decision making. @HillaryClinton has much more. Worst stuff drops in two weeks," Hewitt tweeted on Friday night.

Hewitt said he had "no inside info" about future damaging leaks, only "knowledge of timing of oppo dumps from campaigns past." He noted that the news of George W. Bush's 1976 arrest for driving under the influence emerged only days before the 2000 election.

"Access Hollywood" says it discovered the recording in its archives this week and was planning to run a story about it on Monday. According to the Washington Post, the newspaper was made aware of the video when a source called reporter David Farenthold with the tip on Friday morning.

For his part, Trump said on Saturday that there was "zero chance" of him dropping out of the race and that he was getting "unbelievable" support.