Sherrod Brown’s 2019 comments make him sound like a liberal, not a moderate
Sherrod Brown touts his moderate bona fides, but newly resurfaced videos show he supports all the major liberal positions, from universal healthcare to the Green New Deal.
Brown served in the U.S. Senate from 2007 until he was booted from his seat in November 2024. In 2019, while still in office, he emphatically expressed his support for government-run healthcare.
“I believe in universal coverage. I always have,” he said during a February 2019 event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor Breakfast and broadcast on C-SPAN. “I want to get something done now, and that’s why, first of all, I don’t want to repeal Obamacare. I want to add to Obamacare. …I think that eventually we probably get to something like Medicare for All.”
Brown is engaged in a tight race against Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, who Republican Gov. Mike DeWine appointed to fill a seat formerly held by Vice President JD Vance. Brown lost his 2024 re-election bid to U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno.
On another beloved liberal position, the Green New Deal, Brown said Democrats should go further.
“Climate change is one of the most important moral issues of our times,” Brown said. “We should be much more aggressive…I support a Green New Deal.”
Even when asked about implementing a wealth tax, Brown said he was “open to everything.” His position aligns with prominent liberal lawmakers, including U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna of California.
It’s not surprising given that Brown has turned to California to fundraise. While the career politician with a 50-year voting track record likes to paint himself as a champion of the working class, he has continually turned to Hollywood and coastal elites for funding.
“Sherrod Brown has been the godfather of socialism for three decades, and now he wants Ohioans to forget it with a moderate makeover perfectly timed for election season,” RNC Spokesman Hunter Lovell said in a statement. “Ohioans already decided Brown doesn’t deserve this seat, and nothing he says between now and November changes that.”
