Following Fetterman’s horrific debate performance on Tuesday, President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris will appear together in Philadelphia at a reception for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party on Friday, to try to get the invalid across the finish line and into the U.S. Senate.

“It’s always helpful to have the two leaders of the party out there in the final push,” said one Democratic strategist. “Is it risky? Maybe. But it sends a powerful message in a really important race.”

“There are a few things in politics that have more capital than the bully pulpit of the White House,” said another.