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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Most economists and investors brushed off the stump speech as hyperbole — a campaign promise that gets whittled down in the face of economic realities.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Trump’s rally remarks were a variation on the usual stump speech from his campaign.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The Trump stump speech After the first Trump event – June 17, 2015, at Manchester Community College in New Hampshire – Trump rallies quickly became a thing with conservative voters.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Germany: With elections just weeks away, Friedrich Merz, the front-runner for chancellor, is refocusing his stump speech away from immigration.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Trump’s rally remarks were a variation on the usual stump speech from his campaign.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The Trump stump speech After the first Trump event – June 17, 2015, at Manchester Community College in New Hampshire – Trump rallies quickly became a thing with conservative voters.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Germany: With elections just weeks away, Friedrich Merz, the front-runner for chancellor, is refocusing his stump speech away from immigration.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Stump speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stump%20speech. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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