Ohioians by 2020? Kasich and Brown "very seriously" plan races against Trump

As the race to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 general election is launched, two Ohio residents have evoked their hypothesis of mounting to the White House in 2020.

On Sunday "this week", outgoing Republican governor John Kasich and newly re-elected Democratic senator, Sherrod Brown, said that they were considering their options, but that they had not intended to announce their candidacy at the moment.

"I consider that very seriously," Kasich told ABC News channel chief George Stephanopoulos.

He added that he does not know when he will have to make his decision.

Kasich, 66, has already been elected president twice, in 2000 and 2016, without success. He is a Governor of limited duration as governor of Ohio and openly criticizes the Trump administration.

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Brown, like Kasich, said in "This Week" that he is now thinking "seriously" about his own presidential race in 2020.

"I have not made any trips to Iowa or New Hampshire, I have done no such thing to prepare myself," he said. "But we are seriously thinking about it, and we are talking about it seriously with the family, friends, and political allies who came to see me about it."

Brown, also 66, was re-elected to the US Senate earlier this month, despite a favorable trend for Republicans in Ohio. Although Brown was easily re-elected, the Democrats did not have the same success in the state governorship elections, with Republican Mike DeWine winning 4% of the vote against Democrat Richard Cordray.

Brown said he wanted his message, and that of the Democrats around the world, to be about "the dignity of work," which means honoring and respecting "all the workers, that they knock on a clock or make a badge, that they raise children, that they work on a salary, work for tips ".

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And when asked if he would favor another Democrat rather than his own campaign, he replied that the decision was more personal than that one.

"I respect a number of my colleagues," said Brown. "I do not see it like me against anyone in particular."

Brown and Kasich said that the United States needed a new leadership.

Kasich said he was worried by the tone and rhetoric of the president, but also by the policies implemented over the last two years, highlighting in particular the rise in debt and the lack of action on the part of the president. # 39; immigration. The question he is confronted with is: "What should I do about it?"

Brown also addressed the rise of populism in American politics and said his goal was to help everyone, not blame others for problems.

"For me, populism is never anti-Semitic, it's never racist, it never pushes people to raise others, it's Donald Trump's false populism," said Brown. "For me, populism respects the dignity of work, moves forward and tries to raise all boats."

Kasich pointed to the success of Republicans in his state, calling 2018 "an incredible year for Republicans in Ohio".

He cited a "road map" that included reducing taxes and expanding Medicaid as the path to success. He added that "I think it's a road map not only for Republicans but also for Democrats".

Brown said that he had never dreamed of becoming president and that no matter what he had decided to take for 2020, he wished to continue focusing on his message to improve life. workers.

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Outside Buckeye State, other Midwesterners are also considering going to the White House, including Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.

"Well, people are talking to me about that, I think, partly because I've worked very hard to go not only where it's comfortable but also uncomfortable," Klobuchar said Sunday in "This Week."

She added that she "had done well in a number of countries won by Donald Trump".

The Iowa caucuses, which will be the first primary races of the 2020 cycle, are scheduled for February 2020.

"But for now, I'm still thinking about it, I'm talking to people," Klobuchar told Stephanopoulos. "I'm sorry to say that I have no ads to make you on your show."