Democrats showed their desperation in Pennsylvania on Saturday when they called on the popular Michelle Obama to criticize former President Donald Trump at a solo rally, while Vice President Kamala Harris headed to New York rub shoulders with celebrities on “Saturday Night Live.”

The former First Lady, who never uttered the 45th president’s name, referred to him as a “brazen” and “great” conman while demonstrating in Montgomery County, a suburb of Philadelphia, in a final race in the state of battle to get Harris. over the finish line.

“We have to elect leaders who embody the values ​​we seek to transmit to our children. “There is no way we can tell our children that anything is possible, that we must be open and accepting of all voices and perspectives, and then give them a leader who contradicts every lesson we have taught them,” Obama said.

“If this election goes the wrong way, this retrograde vision of America that Kamala’s opponent spews will infect all of our lives, no matter how old we are.”

Obama’s speech came as news broke that Harris was traveling to the Big Apple to make a surprise appearance during this week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live.” a source exclusively told The Post.

Harris will appear during the show’s traditional cold open, which skews politics, the insider said.

Obama, in his statement, noted that politicians are not always right before attacking Trump’s campaign, claiming that the Republican candidate is spewing hate and dangerously stoking ordinary Americans’ fears of returning to the White House.

He called Trump a “small man trying to make himself feel big by pouring gasoline” on people’s genuine pain and anger, and called his approach “shameful.”

Obama was the latest national name Democrats called upon to make a final Pennsylvania plea in Montgomery County in recent weeks, as he follows campaign stops by Liz Cheney, Elizabeth Warren, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Shapiro and more.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will campaign for Harris at two locations in Montgomery County and a stop in Harrisburg on Sunday, as Harris is expected to traverse the Keystone State in the final hours before Election Day. elections with scheduled stops in Allentown, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. on Mondays.

On the last Saturday before the election, Harris made an afternoon campaign stop. at the Georgia Atlanta Civic Center before addressing a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, while his opponent in the Oval Office spoke before a crowd of about 20,000 people in Gastonia, North Carolina, before heading to Milwaukee for an evening event.

Trump will also hold a rally in Lancaster County on Sunday and events in Reading and Pittsburgh on Monday.