stump speech
noun
US
: a speech that is made many times by a politician who is traveling to different places during a campaign for election
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Trump has stumbled in recent weeks and his advisers are urging him to introduce a new stump speech that paints Vice President Kamala Harris as liberal and weak, Axios Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei report.
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Erin Doherty, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
This is why comedy, delivered in the context of a political stump speech, will take on the guise of a political position even if the intention is not there, underscoring the importance of context when leaders are involved.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Spielberg gave what amounts to a stump speech about the power of music, and Williams’ power in particular.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
After roughly 20 minutes of honoring Butler and the rally’s victims, Trump turned to his more standard stump speech.
—Rebecca Picciotto,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024
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Erin Doherty, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
This is why comedy, delivered in the context of a political stump speech, will take on the guise of a political position even if the intention is not there, underscoring the importance of context when leaders are involved.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Spielberg gave what amounts to a stump speech about the power of music, and Williams’ power in particular.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
After roughly 20 minutes of honoring Butler and the rally’s victims, Trump turned to his more standard stump speech.
—Rebecca Picciotto,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Stump speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stump%20speech. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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