'Real populism isn't racist': the Democrat vowing to win back white working class voters

The Ohio senator Sherrod Brown has launched a ‘Dignity of Work’ speaking tour of early voting states, fueling talk of a 2020 presidential run

Sherrod Brown may not have decided yet whether he’s running for the White House in 2020. But the Ohio Democrat certainly sounded like a candidate vying for a chance to take on Donald Trump.

On Wednesday night, the senator previewed his populist, pro-worker message to a hometown crowd in Brunswick, near Cleveland – the official launch of his “Dignity of Work” tour that will wind through the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. In his remarks here, Brown laid out the themes that would likely shape a presidential campaign while drawing a sharp contrast with the president.

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