Sherrod Brown Wants Dems To Have A Pro-Worker Message In 2020. He's Not Sure Anyone Can Deliver...

[DonViejo]

Sherrod Brown Wants Democrats To Have A Pro-Worker Message In 2020. He’s Not Sure Anyone Can Deliver It Better Than He Can.

“I don’t really want to judge other candidates, what they’re doing, what they’re saying,” the Ohio senator told BuzzFeed News. “But I’m concerned.”

Henry J. Gomez
BuzzFeed News Reporter

LORDSTOWN, Ohio — Sherrod Brown’s decision about running for president could hinge on whether another progressive Democrat can gain traction with an economic message aimed at the working class.

But the Ohio senator — his party’s only true star in an electorally important and increasingly Republican state — isn’t prepared to declare any of his potential 2020 rivals up for the task.

“I don’t really want to judge other candidates, what they’re doing, what they’re saying,” Brown told BuzzFeed News after a Monday rally with organized laborers and auto workers from a General Motors factory outside Youngstown, Ohio. “But I’m concerned. ... I think the most important political decision in my lifetime will be replacing Donald Trump in 2020.”

Brown made the comment while discussing factors that will guide his thinking as he and his wife, journalist Connie Schultz, weigh a White House bid. After outlining the personal considerations of how a campaign would change the lives of their children and grandchildren, Brown referred to his Senate reelection victory speech this month — a victory he pointedly offered as a “blueprint” for 2020.

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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/sherrod-brown-president-2020-worker-message

[beachbum bob]

1. words matter, the rally should be about american families and households and unfair treatment

under tax codes which benefit the few at the cost of the many.

"worker's rights" sounds too socialistic to many and meaning too broad....

[rogue emissary]

2. Misleading headline but not unexpected from Buzzfeed.

From the article:

He then declined to “judge” or say if any other Democrat was capable of running well with that message.

or

When Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked Brown on Sunday if Biden or Warren could win Ohio, Brown was more charitable than he was Monday in his interview with BuzzFeed News.

“I think any one of them can win my state if they make that contrast between the phony populism of Donald Trump and the dignity of work and all that we stand for,” Brown said.

There's a big difference between not saying and not being sure another Democrat can carry this message.

[Bayard]

3. He's our most likely prez candidate to win in 2020

But I'm sure he'll be branded a communist by the other side. We need to start working on the correct message NOW.

[world wide wally]

4. The "Killer B's"

Brown / Beto 2020

[AlexSFCA]

5. Brown/Beto is unbeatable ticket

trump can’t campaign against brown effectively without alienating many of his base in midwest. This ticket is guranteed to win all of midwest, likely including Iowa. Plus AZ and it will turn FL blue but more interestingly it will turn TX and GA blue. It may help elect Stacey Abrams a senator from Georgia in 2020 and another dem senator pickups in AZ and TX in 2020. Possibly even more inportantly it will transofrm state legislatures across the country. We need a decisive landslide at every level of government.
Please Sharrod, run! Beto still has a great shot at another TX senate opening in 2020.

[comradebillyboy]

6. If by 'pro-worker' he means more protectionism, tariffs and

restrictive immigration policies count me out.