Just Not Said: In 1992, Edwards ran against white power advocate and former KKK member David Duke. Edwards, referring to his own reputation as a ladies’ man, said of Duke that “the only thing we have in common is that we both have been wizards beneath the sheets.” He also feigned concern for Duke’s health due to smoke inhalation “because he’s around so many burning crosses” and when a reporter asked Edwards what he needed to do to win the election, Edwards replied “stay alive.”
When his brother Marion told the 86-year-old Edwards that having sex with his 36-year-old wife could be dangerous, Edwards reportedly replied, “Well, Marion, if she dies, she dies.”
During a 2012 press conference with his wife, a registered Republican, on his upcoming run for Congress, when asked about what use he’d found for Republicans: “You sleep with ’em.”
