Roger Daltrey, the frontman of English rock band The Who, says Democrats blew the U.S. election by nominating Hillary Clinton.

The 73-year-old lead singer told New Musical Express in an interview published Wednesday that a “dead dog” could have beat the former secretary of state.

“On other pieces of politics, let’s put it this way: when you say that middle America and the Democrats lost it, but Trump didn’t really win it — because Democrats threw it away by putting [Mrs. Clinton] up,” he said. “A dead dog would have won it against [her], look at that.”

When asked to weigh in on President Trump, Mr. Daltrey said: “His f—ing haircut! He needs it cut and as my mother would say, ‘wash your f—ing mouth out.’”

The singer, who has been a vocal supporter for Brexit, said he thinks Britain’s exit from the European Union will be “the right thing” for the country.

“It’s got nothing to do with any of the immigration issues or any of that for me,” he told NME. “It was to do with much more. The majority of this country felt that their voices weren’t being heard. It would have been nice to do a deal with Europe but they didn’t want to do a deal, and they sent Cameron back with a bag.”

“I’m sad we voted how we voted, but I think we have to go with it now,” he said. “This country will always be alright, I don’t worry about it. You know it’s going to be bumpy on the way — we expected that; the ones that voted to get out. But Iceland had it a bit bumpy when they went bankrupt, but oh not now.”

Mr. Daltrey is the second prominent English rocker to speak in support of Brexit this week. Punk icon John Lydon, better known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, said Monday that he stands with Britain’s “working class” who voted for Brexit last summer.

“Where do I stand on Brexit? Well, here it goes: The working class have spoke, and I’m one of them, and I’m with them,” Mr. Lydon said, raising his fist. “And there it is.”

He also defended President Trump against the “left-wing media’s” attempts to brand him as a racist.

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