Cotton said Trump has let down Republicans again, and said at tonight’s presidential debate Trump must take full responsibility for his words and actions and pledge “to finally change his ways.”

“If he does those things, then he can right this ship,” Cotton said. “If he does not do those things, if he will not do those things, then he needs to consider whether it’s time for him to step aside and allow our party to nominate an elder statesman who will do those things and who will carry our banner into November.”

Earlier Saturday, an Iowa state senator who earlier this year dropped his Republican Party affiliation in protest of Trump’s offensive statements and behavior called on Iowa GOP leaders to withdraw their support for Trump over the recently published comments.

“Now that Trump’s true anti-women sickness has been revealed, surely these two state leaders must condemn Trump publicly,” Johnson said. “As I said in June, Donald Trump is a bigot, misogynist and racist, and is unfit to be president of a great nation.”

Trump issued a video statement in which he apologized for the comments, which were caught on microphone in a leaked 2005 video that was released Friday. Trump also called the footage of his comments a “distraction” from bigger issues at stake in the Nov. 8 election.