Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Senators raise concerns over government surveillance of protests | Amazon pauses police use of its facial recognition tech | FBI warns hackers are targeting mobile banking apps Democratic senators raise concerns over government surveillance of protests Some realistic solutions for income inequality MORE (D-Ohio) believes that Democrats are failing to deliver an economic message to voters in the Midwest, where the senator is currently traveling as he considers a potential 2020 bid for the presidency.
At an event Thursday, Brown told Iowa Democrats that members of the party were making a false choice between campaigning for the party’s progressive base or working-class families, according to the Des Moines Register.
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“Democrats simply aren’t talking to working-class families,” Brown said. “It’s almost like this view that you either talk to the progressive base to excite them or you talk to working-class families and you hear about their families and their problems. And no, you’ve got to do both.”
“Wall Street just totally ignores communities like this and so, too often, does state and national government. So we chose to come here,” he added Thursday.
The Ohio senator has said that he is considering entering the crowded 2020 Democratic primary field, and is currently visiting Iowa and other early primary states on his “Dignity of Work” tour.
Brown is seen by some Democrats as a bridge to winning President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s voters who previously supported former President Obama.
The senator won reelection last year with 53 percent of the vote in a state in which Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE during the 2016 election.
He previously told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” last month that Democrats will lose in 2020 if forced to choose between supporting America’s working class or progressive younger voters.
“I’ve seen so many national Democrats look at this as you either speak to the progressive base, or you speak to workers, working-class voters of all races. And if we have to choose between the two, we lose,” he said.
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