--- title: Clinton Supporter: 'Ugly Women' Won't Support Donald Trump description: In an interview in the Washington Post, a former governor of Pennsylvania offers his own theory about Trump's voters. canonical: https://time.com/4342947/ed-rendell-ugly-women-donald-trump/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-20T14:33:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:32.892Z og:title: Former PA Governor: 'Ugly Women' Won't Vote for Trump og:description: Another week, another sexist quote og:url: https://time.com/4342947/ed-rendell-ugly-women-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88480ca1115cc46a/69889410cd1bba880e700c5a/donald-trump-ugly-women-wont-vote-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Takes Part In NBC Town Hall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former PA Governor: 'Ugly Women' Won't Vote for Trump twitter:description: Another week, another sexist quote twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88480ca1115cc46a/69889410cd1bba880e700c5a/donald-trump-ugly-women-wont-vote-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former Pennsylvania Governor Says 'Ugly Women' Probably Won't Vote for Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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The GOP front runner appeared with his wife and family and took questions from audience members. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [Jessie Van Amburg](https://time.com/author/jessie-van-amburg/) ## Jessie Van Amburg May 20, 2016 2:33 PM UTC For the first time in a while in this election cycle, Donald Trump isn’t the only person saying misogynistic things about women. In an interview Thursday with the [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-appeal-stretches-to-suburbs-that-had-been-trending-blue/2016/05/17/4c640c60-1b7b-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45%5Fstory.html), former Pennsylvania governor [Ed Rendell](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/05/ed-rendell-trump-ugly-women-united.html) discussed Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s success with voters. While the candidate has seen massive success in suburban areas, Rendell said: “For every one \[Democrat in certain areas of Pennsylvania\], he’ll lose one and a half, 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.” He then followed up with this thought: “There are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women. People take that stuff personally.” [_Follow Motto on Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/)_._ This quote is particularly cringe-worthy considering that Rendell is a [superdelegate](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-faces-tough-sell-in-persuading-superdelegates-to-switch-allegiances/2016/05/04/a5911d32-1135-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df%5Fstory.html) backing Hillary Clinton. 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