Thread by @jaketapper

.@SenSherrodBrown in Iowa asked “How do you envision standing out in a busy, crowded primary season?”

BROWN: “I don’t know, I’m not even there yet. We’re still thinking about this as I said...

2/ “... I think, for me...if I’m a candidate, you will not see me come to Iowa or on national television changing my position from what I am. I’ve had a career. I’ve done what I believe best for my state....

3/ “... an example, when I came in Congress, I promised I’d pay my own health insurance until Congress passed health insurance for universal coverage. I paid my own health insurance for years. Connie and I are now on the Obamacare exchange with millions of others...

4/“... I know most of the Democratic primary campaigns or candidates are all talking about Medicare for all. I think instead, I think we should do Medicare at 55. If someone’s lost their job at 58 or his closes at 62, he should be able to buy into Medicare early...

5/“... They should be able to buy into Medicare. It’ll cost a little bit more because they will be in Medicare longer than they’ve paid into for their lives. But to me, that’s about helping people now and a solution, something we might be able to get through Congress...

6/“... I’m not going to come and make a lot of promises like President Trump did that he’d bring manufacturing jobs back to Youngstown, Ohio – promises that he had no intention in fulfilling. I’m not going to do that...

7/“... I’m going to talk about what’s practical and what we can make happen. If that makes me different from the other candidates, then so be it.”
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