stump speeches
Candidate trail talks
Stump speeches are the standard campaign speeches that politicians deliver repeatedly at rallies and events.
The name comes from the 19th-century American practice of candidates standing on tree stumps to address crowds.
A stump speech hits the same themes and applause lines at every stop: She's been giving the same stump speech for weeks.
By extension, any rehearsed pitch delivered multiple times.
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