Massachusetts Democrats gear up for star turns at convention

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is gearing up for an outsized role when Democrats gather in Philadelphia this week for their national convention.

A boatload of public officials in the heavily Democratic state — including the entire congressional delegation and several statewide elected officials— are slated to attend the gathering.

Kennedy, the grandson of Robert Kennedy and great-nephew of President John F. Kennedy, is expected to have a speaking slot sometime on Monday ahead of a planned speech by Warren.

Democrat Hillary Clinton has leaned on Warren to help whip up the party's liberal base as she prepares to officially accept her party's presidential nomination this week before heading into the general election campaign full force.

Kennedy said he hadn't seen much of the Republican convention, but added "if the Trump administration is going to run a country they way that they have run a convention, we are all in very deep trouble."

Alam pointed to Bangladesh, a poor country with a Muslim population of more than 90 percent, where both the prime minister and opposition leader are women.