Ed Rendell: 'There Are Probably More Ugly Women In America Than Attractive Women'
PHILADELPHIA (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell says Donald Trump's past comments on women will likely come back to haunt him because Rendell says "there are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women."
The Democrat was offering his thoughts to The Washington Post on the likely Republican nominee's prospects for success in the Philadelphia suburbs when he made the comment. Rendell says Trump's comments might gain him some working-class Democratic voters, but will cost him Republican women because he says "people take that stuff personally."
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"Will he have some appeal to working-class Dems in Levittown or Bristol? Sure," Rendell told the Post. "For every one he'll lose 1½ , two Republican women. Trump's comments like 'You can't be a 10 if you're flat-chested,' that'll come back to haunt him. There are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women. People take that stuff personally."
Rendell apologized for the comments, telling The Associated Press they were "incredibly dumb and selfish" and that he's sorry.
He says he was poking fun at his own appearance and trying to make the point that "there's more of us then there are of them."
Rendell's comments have stirred up controversy in the past. In 2010, he said the U.S. had "become a nation of wusses" following the postponement of a Philadelphia Eagles game due to a snowstorm.
Rendell was the Democratic National Committee chairman during the 2000 presidential election.
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