Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown accused the president of sexism for calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren “Elizabeth” in the heat of the trade debate.
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WASHINGTON — The nastiest comment of the trade policy fight between President Obama and progressives in Congress came just minutes after Senate Democrats handed the president a big defeat on Tuesday.
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who opposes Obama's trade agenda, accused the president of sexism for calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren "Elizabeth" in a recent interview with Yahoo News.
"The truth of the matter is that Elizabeth is, you know, a politician like everybody else," Obama told Yahoo. "And you know, she's got a voice that she wants to get out there. And I understand that. And on most issues, she and I deeply agree. On this one, though, her arguments don't stand the test of fact and scrutiny."
The use of "Elizabeth" rubbed Brown the wrong way.
"I think the president was disrespectful to her by the way he did that. I think that the president has made this more personal than he needed to," the Ohio senator said, according to Politico.
"I think referring to her as first-name, when he might not have done that for a male senator, perhaps?" Brown told reporters. "I've said enough."
Obama has referred to male Capitol Hill lawmakers by their first names in public many times. The list includes Brown, who Obama has called "Sherrod" on at least three occasions since taking office. All came in positive speeches praising Brown.
Here are three times President Obama called Sen. Brown by his first name:
"I came out here with the—a number of members of the Ohio congressional delegation, but I want to make a special note of my former colleague when I was in the Senate, who is just as passionate about working people as anybody in the country, Sherrod Brown. Give Sherrod a big round of applause."
"And it's pretty -- it's timely to be able to see you because I was in Cincinnati today -- came up to Columbus this afternoon, and in both places we announced the work that we've done, in conjunction with Sherrod, to make sure that we're filing a new WTO case challenging China's illegal trade and subsidies in autos and auto parts."
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