Washington
Act Daily News
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Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio mentioned Sunday that “of course” the Buckeye State was nonetheless a swing state, disregarding considerations a few 2024 reelection bid after Republican J.D. Vance gained the state’s different Senate seat final month.
“I’m not worried. … I know it’s a challenge always, but I’m going about doing my job,” Brown informed Act Daily News’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
Vance’s Senate win over Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan continued an extended line of Republican victories in a state that has tilted towards the get together lately. Other than Brown, no Democrat has gained a nonjudicial statewide workplace within the state since 2008, and former President Barack Obama was the final Democratic presidential nominee to win the state, doing so in 2012.
But Brown, a liberal populist, has discovered success in Ohio with a progressive message. In 2019, he explored a presidential bid via a “listening tour” that included stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, the 4 key early-voting states within the 2020 main, earlier than deciding towards a run. He is anticipated to hunt a fourth time period subsequent yr.
“Not many people thinking about the 2024 election. I’ll do my job,” Brown mentioned Sunday. “We’ll see how that goes.”
Brown, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, additionally mentioned he believed the US is on the “right track” to convey inflation down, and he defended Congress’ position in defending Americans investing in cryptocurrency following the implosion of FTX, the multi-billion-dollar crypto trade.
Soon after FTX went down, crypto corporations had been inundated by requests from clients searching for to claw their a refund – the crypto equal of a run on the financial institution. Several corporations have been pressured to droop withdrawals whereas they type out their liquidity issues.
“To say Congress has done nothing is not quite accurate. We’ve done a series of hearings exposing the problems with crypto, the problems for consumers, the problems for our economy here and the problems internationally for their national security,” Brown mentioned. “We will continue that.”
“I would love to do something legislatively. I don’t know that Congress is capable of that because of crypto’s hold on one political party in the Senate and the House,” he added, referring to the GOP.
“But we’re trying every day.”