stump speech
a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
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The story of Mayfield is the story of many small towns in this country, told again and again in campaign stump speeches and Bruce Springsteen songs, to the point that it sounds now more like myth.
My Family's Hometown Was Destroyed by a Tornado But For Many It Had Already Been Lost | Lee Cole | December 14, 2021 | TimeIn stump speeches, Youngkin often invokes Virginia’s roster of Founding Fathers to pledge a return to traditional values that empower individuals to succeed.
McAuliffe, Youngkin make final pleas in Virginia’s race for governor | Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella | October 28, 2021 | Washington PostAfter park workers in Gastonia told Jackson that his portable loudspeaker was forbidden, Jackson hopped up on a picnic table and shouted out his stump speech.
The book reads like a 300-page stump speech in a one-man campaign to be elected Guy Who Knows the Most About Politics.
Chris Matthews’ new book catalogues his front-row seat to history | Charlotte Alter | June 11, 2021 | Washington PostThey are model citizens, the kind of people whose lives might be used as exemplary stories by a politician in a stump speech.
When Schwartz finally arrived, she gave a version of her sunny stump speech.
Lastly, at his speech last night, Cruz got lots of hoots and hollers for his stump speech about guns/growth/freedom.
Indeed, during his final stump speech of the campaign, Obama's cheeks were streaked with tears.
In his stump speech, he calls them “powerful, mean people.”
Joe Walsh Vs. Tammy Duckworth: Yelps, ‘Lies’ and Tough Talk in Illinois House Showdown | Lloyd Grove | November 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThus, the interpreter, confusing the points of situation, transforms the monologue into a stump speech.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue | S. S. CurryTaking out a wooden leg, he answered: "A stump speech agin the war."
The Irish on the Somme | Michael MacDonaghIf ye were to hear that fellow make a stump speech on States' rights, you'd think him a Samson on Government.
Manuel Pereira | F. C. AdamsAnd for a wind-up you can give them a stump speech, and I'll bill you as Lew Dockstader, second.
A Pirate of Parts | Richard NevilleThey were not slow in claiming that he would make a better stump speech than any one at the county seat.
Lincoln, the Politician | T. Aaron Levy
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