Credit:  The Hill

By Jordan Fabian, May 13, 2015, The Hill

The White House on Wednesday said it expects Sen. Sherrod Brown to apologize for calling President Obama’s criticism of Sen. Elizabeth Warren sexist.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest called Brown (D-Ohio) a “stand-up guy” who has worked well with the president in the past.

“I’m confident after he has gotten a chance to take a look at the comments he made yesterday that he’ll find a way to apologize,” Earnest said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Earnest later sought to clarify he "didn't dictate" whether Brown should apologize.
At his daily press briefing, The spokesman said he "wouldn't necessarily expect a public apology" from the Ohio senator.

Brown is a chief critic of Obama’s trade agenda, and on Tuesday, he said the president disrespected Warren (D-Mass.), another leading anti-trade Democrat, when he responded to her comments on the issue.

The Ohio senator ripped Obama for calling Warren by her first name.