By Rebecca Harrington From Business Insider

The chair of the Republican National Committee on Friday issued an extraordinary rebuke of its party’s presidential nominee 31 days before the election, after a 2005 video surfaced of Donald Trump making vulgar comments about women.

“No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever,” RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement.

In the video, published by The Washington Post on Friday, Trump discussed trying to “f—” a married woman and wanting to kiss an actress he was about to appear with on “Days of Our Lives.”

“And when you’re a star they let you do it,” Trump continued. “You can do anything. … Grab them by the p—y. You can do anything.”

He had married his third wife, Melania, months before the incident.

A number of other prominent Republicans also denounced Trump for the video.

“Hitting on married women? Condoning assault?” tweeted Mitt Romney, the GOP’s previous presidential nominee and former governor of Massachussetts. “Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America’s face to the world.”

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who ran against Trump in the GOP primary, said the video was “indefensible.”

“America deserves far better than@realDonaldTrump,” Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona posted to Twitter.

And Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, who has said she’ll vote for Trump but won’t endorse him, called the comments “totally inappropriate and offensive.”

Earlier in the week, Ayotte said she would call Trump a “role model” during a debate, and then later said she “misspoke.” Priebus defended Trump at the time, declaring he was a role model.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who also faced Trump in the GOP primary, called his comments “reprehensible.”

Bush’s cousin, Billy Bush, appeared in the video with Trump, and also made inappropriate comments. He apologized for his behavior, saying he was “younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along.”

Trump issued a statement apologizing, as well, calling the conversation “locker room banter” that “took place many years ago.”

IMAGE: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks in Washington Thomson Reuters

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Billy Bush apologizes for crude comments about women in leaked Donald Trump audio

By Chris Sanchez From Business Insider

Billy Bush NBC News’ Billy Bush in conversation with Jeff Rossen for SiriusXM’s TODAY Show Radio at SiriusXM Studios on August 22, 2016 in New York City. Getty/ Craig Barritt

NBC “Today Show” co-anchor Billy Bush apologized for crude comments he and Donald Trump made about women in a shocking 2005 video The Washington Post published Friday.

“Obviously I’m embarrassed and ashamed,” Bush said in a statement obtained by People Magazine. “It’s no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago – I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I’m very sorry.”

The video includes audio of Trump, who is now the Republican presidential nominee, speaking to Bush, and boasting about groping women and making sexual advances to a married woman who was not named in the recording.

“I did try and f— her,” Trump later said. “She was married. … And I moved on her very heavily.”

Trump added that “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”

Another voice that appears to be Bush on the recording can be heard laughing at Trump’s remarks.

The incident happened aboard an “Access Hollywood” bus while Bush worked for the television show.

“Access Hollywood” had recently dug up the unreleased recording from its video library and was preparing its own story this week, but was scooped by The Post’s David Fahrenthold, The Hollywood Reported noted.

Donald Trump defended his comments and said the private conversation with Bush was simply “locker room banter.”

“This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago,” Trump said in a statement. “Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course — not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.”

Republican officials quickly denounced Trump’s comments that were widely interpreted as misogynistic.

“No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement.

Former Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney tweeted his disdain for Trump’s comments, characterizing them as insulting to women and degrading to America’s reputation on the global stage.

“Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America’s face to the world,” Romney said.

Along with other Republicans, Romney has repeatedly railed against Trump and his consistently embattled presidential campaignm labeling the Manhattan billionaire’s repeated controversies as “disqualifying.”

IMAGE:  NBC News’ Billy Bush in conversation with Jeff Rossen for SiriusXM’s TODAY Show Radio at SiriusXM Studios on August 22, 2016 in New York City. Getty/ Craig Barritt

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