stump speech

noun

: 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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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 Harris visited in early August, and made immigration a key component of her stump speech during a packed rally in Glenade, a Phoenix suburb. —

Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stump speech