Discussing the support Hillary Clinton has received from across the party, a Clinton campaign spokesman said “Now that we are past labor day, Democratic leaders are kicking it into high gear to make the case that Hillary Clinton has the ability to do the job of Commander-in-Chief and President on day one”.
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Details about the rally’s time and location were unavailable Saturday.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will deliver a national security address in Wilmington on Tuesday, while former President Bill Clinton is speaking Tuesday in Durham. He is one of his wife’s top surrogate campaigners.
Ferguson noted that while Clinton benefits from the support of her party’s biggest names, no living Republican president or presidential nominee will be on the trail for Donald Trump. He promised again in the latter speech to build a wall on the Mexican border and make Mexico pay for it.
It will be a busy week for politics in North Carolina.
Among the others campaigning for Clinton this week: Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s Cecile Richards, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, former Texas state senator Wendy Davis and NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue.
Trump’s running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of IN, had been scheduled to deliver a speech IN Fayetteville on Saturday, but canceled because of the approach of Tropical Storm Hermine.
Whilst star power has always proven beneficial for Hillary Clinton’s campaign in the past, her campaign will also be looking to create a clear united front behind the candidate.
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The president’s Philadelphia stop next week will be his first for Clinton since they campaigned together in Charlotte, N.C., in July and appeared together at the convention. And the campaign previously announced that President Barack Obama will return to the campaign trail for Clinton on September 13.
