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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In his remarks Wednesday, Biden did just that, though the line seemed awkwardly cut-and-pasted into his standard upbeat stump speech.
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
Both began as a set of claims but became something else, a litany, articles of devotion, a thematic glue to hold together a standard stump speech.
—Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
Reporters looked at each other and then down at their laptops, feverishly typing to get the breaking news out about what was no longer a typical stump speech.
—Libby Cathey, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
Leo traveled the country, delivering a stump speech of sorts.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
On the campaign trail, Mr. DeSantis has refocused his stump speech on the economy and border security while leaning less into culture-war issues.
—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
Ron DeSantis talks about fentanyl in every stump speech, vowing to send the military into Mexico to target cartels.
—Jennifer Medina John Tully, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
In the opening moments of the GOP debate, the candidates are managing to circumvent the rule barring an opening statement and contort their answers into stump speech.
—Annie Linskey, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
Clearly, however, none of those candidates thinks their record on treatment is an asset — or at least, something worth including in a stump speech or their attempt at a 30-second debate soundbite.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 5 Sep. 2023
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
Both began as a set of claims but became something else, a litany, articles of devotion, a thematic glue to hold together a standard stump speech.
—Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
Reporters looked at each other and then down at their laptops, feverishly typing to get the breaking news out about what was no longer a typical stump speech.
—Libby Cathey, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
Leo traveled the country, delivering a stump speech of sorts.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
On the campaign trail, Mr. DeSantis has refocused his stump speech on the economy and border security while leaning less into culture-war issues.
—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
Ron DeSantis talks about fentanyl in every stump speech, vowing to send the military into Mexico to target cartels.
—Jennifer Medina John Tully, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
In the opening moments of the GOP debate, the candidates are managing to circumvent the rule barring an opening statement and contort their answers into stump speech.
—Annie Linskey, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
Clearly, however, none of those candidates thinks their record on treatment is an asset — or at least, something worth including in a stump speech or their attempt at a 30-second debate soundbite.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 5 Sep. 2023
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