Noting that “all of my friends appear to be running” for president, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) took to Twitter and predicted that a progressive would ultimately win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2020 but that it would not signify a battle with centrists.

Said Schatz: “The progressive we nominate should also be capable of getting votes from moderates and even Republicans. That wouldn’t make them less progressive, that would make them better.”

He added: “We had a successful formula in 2018 which was to run on policy (mostly healthcare) and against corruption. We should do that again.”

“As young, Twitter-friendly Democrats in the Senate go, Brian Schatz is slightly unusual: He really, seriously, definitely has no interest in running for president in 2020. But, slowly and beneath the radar, the low-profile 45-year-old progressive Senator from Hawaii has already started leaving his mark on that race,” New York magazine reports.

“And if all goes to plan, Schatz’s attempts to yank his headline-grabbing colleagues — including potential 2020 contenders like Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders — to the left on his priorities will help shape his party’s policy backbone for the foreseeable future.”

“Ditch the consultants and consult with your conscience and constituents first.”

— Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), quoted by the New York Times, on what he learned from the Sanders and Trump campaigns.