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The source who provided the recordings to WNYC told the public radio station that they took place inside a county office building after he attended Murphy's inauguration. Two undersheriffs were also in the room, according to WNYC.

The governor said in a statement to ABC News that if it is Saudino speaking in the recording, he should resign.

\"Without question, the comments made on that recording are appalling, and anyone using racist, homophobic, and hateful language is unfit for public office,\" Murphy said in the statement. \"If indeed that is Sheriff Saudino’s voice on the recording, he must resign.\"

Grewal also tweeted that he surmised it was Saudino's voice after listening to the recording.

I have now listened to the recording obtained by @WNYC. If that’s in fact Sheriff Saudino's voice, then he should resign immediately.

— Gurbir S. Grewal (@GurbirGrewalNJ) September 20, 2018

In a statement, Saudino apologized, saying the remarks \"are not representative\" of who he is and are \"in no way consistent with the manner\" in which he has conducted his life personally and professionally, according to NJ.com.

\"In an effort to repair the damage to the friendships that I have built with these communities I have reached out directly to several respected leaders in the communities I have offended and I have personally offered my apologizes and I have asked for their forgiveness and for their communities' forgiveness,\" he said.

Saudino did not mention in the statement whether he is going to step down.

A representative for the Bergen County Sheriff's office did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco echoed Murphy's statement, saying that he was \"shocked and disappointed to hear these comments\" and that he has worked with the sheriff \"for years.\"

\"Bergen County’s diversity is our strength and his statements are clearly inconsistent with our values,\" Tedesco said in a statement to ABC News. \"In the best interest of the public, he should step down.\"

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PHOTO: New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference in Newark, N.J., Aug. 1, 2018.
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This isn't the first time Grewal, the first Sikh in the country to hold office as attorney general, has dealt with racist comments made publicly.

In July, he was referred to as \"turban man\" by two conservative talk radio hosts on \"The Dennis & Judy Show\" on New Jersey 101.5 radio.

Grewal took to Twitter to respond to the radio hosts, saying he told his three daughters to turn off the radio the day they made the remarks.

.@nj1015: My name, for the record, is Gurbir Grewal. I’m the 61st Attorney General of NJ. I’m a Sikh American. I have 3 daughters. And yesterday, I told them to turn off the radio.

— Gurbir S. Grewal (@GurbirGrewalNJ) July 26, 2018

Saudino, an elected official, is serving his third term, according to his biography on the Bergen County Sheriff's Office website. He became sheriff in 2011, has been working in law enforcement for 41 years, and has lived in Bergen County for 53 years, his biography states.

Bergen County is New Jersey's most populated county, and its sheriff's office is the largest law enforcement agency in the state, with about 600 employees -- all of whom are led by Saudino, according to WNYC. His responsibilities also includes assisting municipal police departments and running the Bergen County Jail, among others, WNYC reported.

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