Politics & Government
Meet the Massachusetts Speakers at DNC 2016
Marty Walsh, Joe Kennedy, Elizabeth Warren will speak at the Democratic Nominating Convention. But you already knew that last one, right?
The Bay State will make a strong showing at Democrats' 2016 nominating convention in Philadelphia, the party confirmed Thursday.
In addition to a much-discussed speech by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has now, too, been confirmed as a speaker at the national party confab. Also on the list, as reported by The Boston Globe, is U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who will introduce Warren before her marquee speaking spot.
The convention next week serves to solidify Hillary Clinton's place as the party's presumptive nominee.
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Before that comes the pomp and circumstance surrounding the nominating process, including speeches meant to rile up the crowd in favor of Clinton and, of course, in opposition to Republicans' now-official presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
Warren has been spearheading Democrats' work to that end, lobbing volleys of critical tweets at Trump for months, in addition to campaigning against him alongside Clinton in Ohio.
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Warren's will also be one of the first voices responding to the New York businessman and reality TV star's comments this Thursday night, when she appears on Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" after Trump's keynote convention address. That's according to - what else? - a tweet from Warren.
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