You don’t say?

(The Hill) — “You’re talking about being an ideologue? If you’re looking for one, I’m not it,” said Sen. Scott Brown.

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said he doesn’t consider himself a member of the Tea Party movement and would welcome any primary challenger.

Brown, the Republican senator from deep-blue Massachusetts whose win in a special election last year in part catalyzed the Tea Party movement, said he considers himself just a Republican, though one with sympathies toward some Tea Party issues.

“Hey, nothing wrong with a primary. I welcome all challengers,” Brown said Tuesday morning on MSNBC.

He said Monday evening that he didn’t identify as a member of the Tea Party movement.

“No, I’m a Republican from Massachusetts. I’m not a Tea Party member,” Brown said during an appearance on Fox News.

In addition to being targeted by Democrats, Brown’s faced frustration from some of the conservative activists who helped propel him to victory due to some of his more centrist votes in the Senate.

“I have a lot of respect for the Tea Party and what they stand for . . . I’m not a social crusader; I’m going to keep an open mind on each and every issue,” Brown told MSNBC. “You’re talking about being an ideologue? If you’re looking for one, I’m not it.”