Rep. Jason Chaffetz Jason ChaffetzThe myth of the conservative bestseller Elijah Cummings, Democratic chairman and powerful Trump critic, dies at 68 House Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records MORE (R-Utah) announced Wednesday that he will be voting for Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE after dropping his support for the GOP presidential nominee earlier this month.

"I will not defend or endorse @realDonaldTrump, but I am voting for him. HRC is that bad. HRC is bad for the USA," he wrote on Twitter, referring to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE.

I will not defend or endorse @realDonaldTrump, but I am voting for him. HRC is that bad. HRC is bad for the USA. — Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) October 27, 2016

Chaffetz abandoned his endorsement of Trump after a 2005 tape publicly emerged in which the billionaire is heard making lewd remarks about women.

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“I’m out,” he told Fox 13 in Salt Lake City on Oct. 7. “I can no longer in good conscience endorse this person for president.

“It is some of the most abhorrent and offensive comments that you can possibly imagine,” Chaffetz added.

But Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has long been a foe of Clinton. He said Wednesday that he expects years' worth of further hearings on Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of State.

Chaffetz was the first of several GOP congressmen who yanked their endorsement from Trump after the recording’s publication.

In the tape, Trump discusses his failed sexual advances on a married woman and brags about being able to kiss and grope women because of his celebrity.

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Trump has since repeatedly dismissed the clip as “locker room talk,” but multiple Republicans have condemned their party’s presidential nominee for the remarks.

Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.), for example, vowed he would neither campaign for nor defend Trump ahead of Election Day.

Eleven women have since accused Trump of kissing or groping them without consent before his entrance into politics.

Trump has fiercely denied the allegations, accusing the media of fixating on them to boost Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Clinton, for her part, has used both the tape and the resulting accusations against Trump to charge that he demeans women.

Trump and Clinton’s polling numbers are tightening, however, at both the national and state levels before Nov. 8.

Clinton leads Trump by about 5 points nationwide, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls.