U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman on Friday called for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to “step aside” from his run for the White House.

“For the good of the country, and to give the Republicans a chance of defeating Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump should step aside,” Coffman said in a statement emailed by his campaign to The Denver Post Friday night. “His defeat at this point seems almost certain and four years of Hillary Clinton is not what is best for this country.”

Coffman’s statement comes on the heels of a story The Washington Post broke Friday afternoon about a video it obtained capturing the controversial billionaire businessman making crudely sexual statements about women while preparing for a 2005 appearance on the “Access Hollywood” television show.

The reaction to the tape included multiple condemnations of Trump by members of his own party. Just hours before Coffman issued his statement about the party standard-bearer, Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk made a similar entreaty.

.@realDonaldTrump should drop out. @GOP should engage rules for emergency replacement. — Mark Kirk (@SenatorKirk) October 8, 2016

Coffman has long been wary of Trump and even ran an ad in August promising to stand up to him should he win the White House.

“Mr. Trump should put the country first and do the right thing,” Coffman said in his Friday statement urging Trump to abandon his campaign.

Coffman’s political opponent, Democrat Morgan Carroll, called on the Aurora Republican to condemn Trump in a statement released after the story on the video broke and about five hours before Coffman released his statement.

“Donald Trump’s comments about women are beyond abhorrent,” she said. “He is a dangerous role model of disrespect toward women and girls. I obviously condemn Trump in the strongest manner possible for his pattern of slander and disrespect toward women, people with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and Muslims. Where is Mike Coffman? His silence is deafening.”