Sen. Sherrod Brown joined Hillary Clinton on a campaign trail stop in Cincinnati. | Getty Sherrod Brown: 'I trust' Hillary Clinton

Only four hours' drive from Cleveland’s RNC mayhem, Sen. Sherrod Brown joined Hillary Clinton in Cincinnati to declare his "trust" in the presumptive Democratic nominee.

“I trust Secretary Clinton to fight for children and families,” the Democratic Ohio senator said Monday. "I trust Secretary Clinton to fight for women’s health, I trust Secretary Clinton, as her speech today certainly emphasized at the NAACP, to fight for civil rights. I trust Secretary Clinton to do the right thing on trade and manufacturing and all the things that matter to our great state."


Brown, a potential contender to be Clinton's running mate, introduced her after both took the stage earlier Monday at the NAACP's conference.

He praised Clinton as "a progressive who likes to get things done."

"She figures out, to get something done in the Senate, you always have to find a Republican a lot of the times — you can’t just do as much as we want to do," Brown added. "And as much as we want to move this country forward, you gotta cajole, persuade, work with, whatever it takes. And she does that, I think she does that better than about anybody I know.”