(CNN) Rep. Eric Swalwell said Monday morning he is planning to consider a 2020 run for president after the midterms.

"I'm going to do all I can, first, to win my way back to Congress ... and then after the midterms, Poppy, I am going to consider it," Swalwell, a California Democrat, told CNN's Poppy Harlow on "Newsroom." Swalwell has reportedly visited Iowa -- which votes first in the presidential primary season and is a magnet for would-be White House hopefuls -- 10 times over the past year and a half.

Swalwell maintained that his priority is the 2018 midterms, where he is "helping candidates who are stepping up to protect our health care, protect paychecks, and protect the democracy."

CNN's Poppy Harlow: "Are you going to run for President?"



Rep. Eric Swalwell: "After the midterms, Poppy, I am going to consider it" pic.twitter.com/ntNyL6Kx1b — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 20, 2018

The California Democrat accused President Donald Trump of taking "a wrecking ball to just so many freedoms" afforded to Americans like himself, though he also addressed criticism leveled at Democrats.

He responded to young Democratic candidates and lawmakers who have criticized Democratic leadership for being, in Harlow's words, "too old and too white," and those who have pledged not to support Rep. Nancy Pelosi for speaker if Democrats take control of the House in November.

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