Sen. Sherrod Brown: I could beat Trump in Ohio and New York

"I would say that I will beat Trump in Ohio, where they know me best. I'll beat him in my home state and I'll beat him in his home state of New York, where they know him best," the Ohio Democrat told Van Jones on CNN's "The Van Jones Show," airing Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.

Brown said he is still weighing a presidential bid with his family and said he likes the diversity and energy in an increasingly crowded Democratic field. He is going on a listening tour about "the dignity of work" in four early primary states.

"Too many national Democrats think that we either speak to the progressive base or you speak to the workers," Brown said. "When in fact, it's not an either-or, you got to do both."

Brown secured his re-election by 6 points in a state that Trump won by 8 points in the 2016 election. In his victory speech, Brown called his win "the blueprint for our nation in 2020."

Brown also called Trump a racist and said the President's messaging doesn't represent average voters looking toward 2020.

"I think it's so self-evident that the President is a racist, just like it's self-evident that the President lies a lot," he said.

Watch the full interview on "The Van Jones Show," airing Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on CNN.

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