Sen. Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell BrownMnuchin says he and Pelosi have agreed to restart coronavirus stimulus talks Harris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Remote work poses state tax challenges MORE (D-Ohio) said Tuesday he has no plans to meet with President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE during the president’s planned visit to Ohio following a Sunday shooting in Dayton that killed nine people.

“I will not be there with him. I don’t have any interest because of what he’s done on this, total unwillingness to address the issue of guns, his racist rhetoric,” Brown told Sirius XM host Joe Madison.

“I don’t know what he’s going to say and do there. I mean, I welcome him to the state in some sense, but not about this,” he said.

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Brown told Madison his constituents were far more interested in concrete action against gun violence, citing chants of “do something” during a speech by Gov. Mike DeWine (R) at a vigil Sunday.

“I don’t know what the president’s doing there. I hope he apologizes for his racist rhetoric and his divisive tones,” Brown added.

The Ohio senator said “the best thing” the president could do would be to instruct Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline The Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power MORE (R-Ky.) to bring the Senate back into session to pass a bill mandating universal background checks, echoing remarks he made on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday.

Other Ohio and Texas elected officials have also been cool on Trump’s planned visit, with Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley (D) saying she plans to tell him “how unhelpful” he’s been.

“What do you see in D.C.? You see a lot of nothing happening on a lot of stuff and common sense gun reform is definitely an example where nothing’s happened,” she said Tuesday.

Rep. Veronica Escobar Veronica EscobarHispanic caucus report takes stock of accomplishments with eye toward 2021 Races heat up for House leadership posts Ahead of a coronavirus vaccine, Mexico's drug pricing to have far-reaching impacts on Americans MORE (D-Texas), meanwhile, whose district includes part of El Paso, said Monday that Trump was not welcome in the city.

“He should not come here while we are in mourning,” Escobar said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”