Bill Clinton hits campaign trail in support of Harris campaign

Kamala Harris' presidential campaign has failed to open a substantial lead against former President Donald Trump, and concerns on the left about her prospects can perhaps best be assessed in reference to the surrogates sent out on the campaign trail.

Sensing a decline in support for the Democratic Party nominee, Hillary Clinton has taken some control over the situation and sent her husband, former President Bill Clinton, out on the road to stump for Harris, as the Associated Press reports.

Clinton hits the trail

Mr. Clinton traveled to Albany, Georgia, on Sunday, where he spoke to congregants at the Mount Zion Baptist Church.

The former president implored the faithful to mobilize in support of Harris, using Biblical references to make his point.

“Uniting people and building, being repairers of the breach, as Isaiah says, those are the things that work. Blaming, dividing, demeaning -- they get you a bunch of votes at election time, but they don't work,” Clinton said, adding an apparent reference to Trump.

Clinton attempted to underscore what he said were Harris' accomplishments during her tenure as Joe Biden's vice president, such as lowering insulin prices and helping rebuild the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also pointed to promises Harris has made on the campaign trail to date, including a pledge to provide substantial financial assistance to first-time home purchasers.

Next stop, fish fry

Later in the day, Clinton was dispatched to a fish fry campaign event in Fort Valley, as WGXA News reported.

Held at the Agricultural Technology Conference Center at Camp John, roughly 100 people turned out to hear from the former president.

Clinton reportedly echoed the message he delivered earlier in the day in Albany, focusing on Harris' plans to boost home ownership levels and make it easier for budding entrepreneurs to secure small business loans.

On Monday morning, Clinton is slated to visit a Democratic Party campaign office in Columbus, continuing his efforts on behalf of what some believe is Harris' floundering bid for the presidency.

Desperation move?

Another potential sign of Democratic Party panic, according to some pundits, is a recent campaign blitz undertaken by former President Barack Obama on Harris' behalf.

As CBS News reported, Obama made multiple stops in the key swing state of Pennsylvania on Thursday, one of which drew attention for remarks in which he chided Black men for failing to support Harris the way they bolstered his presidential campaigns, suggesting that sexism was perhaps at play.

Though his campaign stop was intended to offer a jolt of enthusiasm to Harris' flagging efforts, as The Hill noted, it may have done more harm than good, with progressive former Ohio state legislator Nina Turner declaring that the former president “belittled” Black men and actor Wendell Pierce suggesting that Obama's approach “will make some Black men stay home” on Election Day.