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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Luckily, branding Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) was always going to be a full-party project not wholly dependent on the nominee’s stump speech.
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W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Aug. 2024
Over the last week, the vice president has crisscrossed the country, delivering slightly different versions of the same stump speech in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
In an election that has actually seen big big crowds for Harris and tossed the rule book out, especially with Joe Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate performance and dropping out the race last month, Trump went through much of his usual stump speech and grievances today.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
Earlier this week, at his first rally since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Trump bungled Harris's name dozens of times in the span of his nearly 90-minute stump speech.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 26 July 2024
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W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Aug. 2024
Over the last week, the vice president has crisscrossed the country, delivering slightly different versions of the same stump speech in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
In an election that has actually seen big big crowds for Harris and tossed the rule book out, especially with Joe Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate performance and dropping out the race last month, Trump went through much of his usual stump speech and grievances today.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
Earlier this week, at his first rally since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Trump bungled Harris's name dozens of times in the span of his nearly 90-minute stump speech.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 26 July 2024
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