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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown鈥檚 supporters gave him a send-off Wednesday night before his tour of early presidential primary and caucus states.

Brown hasn鈥檛 officially launched a bid for the Democratic nomination, but has been working to insert his voice into the party鈥檚 growing presidential conversation. His 鈥淒ignity of Work鈥� tour has stops scheduled in Iowa through Saturday, with visits expected in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

Boosted by his reelection victory last year in a state that backed Donald Trump, Brown said Democrats don鈥檛 need to choose between appealing to progressives or to working class voters.

鈥淔or us, it鈥檚 not either-or,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淵ou govern by speaking to progressive values and fighting for workers, you campaign that way, you win that way. That鈥檚 why we will always do both. We speak to our progressive values, we talk to workers about their lives.鈥�

He said President Trump espoused 鈥減hony populism,鈥� and accused the president of failing to help workers laid off from the GM plant in Lordstown.

鈥淲hen work has dignity, our country has a stronger middle class, which everyone benefits. But Donald Trump simply doesn鈥檛 respect the dignity of work, pure and simple.鈥�

Columnist Connie Schultz, Brown鈥檚 wife, introduced him with a story about the day he first met her father, a retired union utility worker. She said her father called Brown 鈥渦s in a tie.鈥�

Brown spoke at Supply Side USA, a packaging manufacturer in Brunswick. .

He won reelection last year by about seven percentage points, a rare bright spot for Ohio Democrats in 2018. But that margin was tighter than his first senate victory, a 12-point win in 2006. Brown has said he鈥檒l make a decision on a presidential run in March.

, a Republican National Committee spokeswoman said Brown 鈥渞isks abandoning his own Ohio constituents鈥� with his tour, adding that the visits have 鈥渘othing to do with fighting for hard-working families, and everything to do with Brown鈥檚 own political ambitions鈥�

Tessa Xuan, one supporter at the rally, said she believes Brown is seen as someone who can win in 2020. But even if he鈥檚 not, she said, he should still run.

鈥淧eople talk about, is he viable, is he not viable,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 care if he鈥檚 viable. I think he should run, because when you run for an office, you contribute to the discussion, you get people mobilized, you get people engaged in our democracy.鈥�

Peggy Stopak said she鈥檇 like to see Brown run for president, though she admitted he鈥檒l face a difficult primary field.

Asked whether Democrats should define their campaign in opposition to Trump, she answered quickly.

鈥淒efinitely,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ecause I don鈥檛 particularly care for the man. I just said, I like Sherrod, I think he understands us. I don鈥檛 think Trump has a clue.鈥�