VP Harris and Pastor Bryant at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on October 20, 2024. (Youtube Screenshot)
"It is so good to be with you this morning to celebrate what you have accomplished with this extraordinary congregation," she added.
Bryant, who donated $500 to the Harris campaign a week after President Biden announced that he wasn't running for re-election, has been a vocal Harris supporter and said earlier this summer that he and other Black leaders were "mobilizing an army" in support of her campaign.
"It was a sister that raised you, it was a sister that taught you how to read. It takes a real man to support a woman," Bryant said during his sermon. He added, "You were born for such a time as this," referring to Harris.
Despite Bryant's praise for Harris and boosting her candidacy, his past controversial comments could come back to haunt the Harris campaign.
He has a long history of praising Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has espoused antisemitic rhetoric dating back decades, including calling Jews "wicked" and comparing them to termites by saying he was "anti-termite." Bryant interviewed the Nation of Islam leader in 2015 and said he is "one of the greatest leaders of our people."
"We welcome to the Word Network and the entire world, the honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan! We’re honored to have you, sir," Bryant said while introducing him. "I’m so appreciative to be able to mark in history that I lived in the same chasm of time as one of the greatest leaders of our people."
In a tweet from 2019, Bryant said that he was "humbled" to be in Farrakhan’s presence. His Twitter page has dozens of other tweets related to Farrakhan.
Vice President Harris' longtime mentor and pastor, Amos Brown, once pinned blame on the United States for the 9/11 attacks. (Fox News)
Brown, who has faced backlash for past comments, including blaming the United States for the September 11th attacks and repeatedly defending Obama's controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright, also delivered remarks during the church service.
At one point during his prayer, Brown called for God to "speak to every Black male and have him to know he spits on their graves when he refuses to vote. Speak to every Black male that he will know that we must not trample on the graves of those who gave up their lives for the right to vote."
"Thank you, oh God, for this day that we pray for our member and thy servant, Kamala Harris. Oh God, may she know that she moves around this nation. You will guide her. You will protect her, and she will be able to say, ‘I will make the darkness light before thee, and what is wrong I know you will make it right before me and all my battles I will fight before thee.'"
Fox News Digital reached out to New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and the Harris campaign for comment but did not receive a response.
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