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, a Utah Republican lawmaker and chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has dropped his endorsement of 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 in reaction to the publication of lewd comments about women.

The congressman made the statement during a live interview with Fox 13 in Salt Lake City.

“I’m out. 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," he said.

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"He's put the party and this country in an awful place ... I get the sense this probably isn't the end of them. There might be more."

Chaffetz is the first GOP congressman to pull his endorsement of Trump after The Washington Post published audio of Trump talking about how women let him "do anything" because he's famous.

"You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything.