As Hurricane Matthew surged upon Florida Thursday with life-threatening winds, Gov. Rick Scott issued a stern warning to residents: "This storm will kill you." |
President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in dozens of counties. FEMA pled the public to evacuate. Yet even Hurricane Matthew, with its Category 4 winds, managed to get pulled into the fray of the 2016 election. |
Hillary Clinton's campaign increased its ad buys on the Weather Channel this week, one in which it will see a spike in viewers as those in Florida and beyond keep up to date about Hurricane Matthew's path. |
The Republican National Committee pounced on Clinton, criticizing her for "exploiting Hurricane Matthew for political gain." |
While Clinton's campaign claimed the increased Weather Channel ads made up 1% of a larger ad buy, it announced Thursday that it had asked the Weather Channel to suspend its ads. |
It's For the Record, the politics newsletter from USA TODAY. |
This is where we're at now: politicizing hurricanes |
Hillary Clinton wasn't the only one accused of politicizing Hurricane Matthew, which had claimed at least 280 lives as of last night. |
Matt Drudge, founder of the still awfully designed Drudge Report, floated the idea Thursday that the government was lying about Hurricane Matthew's intensity to make a point about climate change. |
"The deplorables are starting to wonder if the govt has been lying to them about Hurricane Matthew intensity to make exaggerated point on climate," Drudge tweeted. |
The tweet from Drudge to his 409,000 followers spurred much reaction, from bewilderment to concern. |
"Spreading such a conspiracy is reckless," one user, @BaileyPittipat, said. "There are those who may now choose not to evacuate when ordered. Lives are at stake." |
An hour later, Drudge, for some reason, tweeted again: "Hurricane Center has monopoly on data. No way of verifying claims." |
Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Clinton largely called a ceasefire in their battle for Florida's swing voters. Clinton's campaign said it would use its social media and supporter lists to encourage Floridians to heed public warnings around the hurricane. |
Trump felt inclined to pray.
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Pence: Trump's words have created 'personal pain for people' |
Mike Pence, America's scowler in chief, has not always agreed with his running mate, Donald Trump. |
Pence condemned Trump after Trump claimed an Indiana-born judge was being unfair to him because he is "Mexican." He also called Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from the U.S. "offensive and unconstitutional." |
But that was before Pence became Trump's running mate. Now Pence must defend him, a task that proved challenging not only in Tuesday's vice presidential debate but also on CNN Thursday morning. |
"I understand why the other side wants to keep bringing up prior statements earlier in the campaign," Pence said. |
"Donald Trump has said in this campaign that - that he has regretted the times that - that he didn't choose his words well, particularly where it's created, you know, personal pain for people." |
Trump 2016: "Personal pain for people." |
After Trump's shaky debate performance, a slide in the polls |
Polls conducted after Clinton and Trump's first debate continue to roll in, with several bringing bad news for the Republican nominee. |
A Michigan poll that last month showed Trump nearly tied with Clinton this week found her with an 11-point lead. |
Another poll released Thursday showed Clinton neck-and-neck with Trump in Arizona, a state that hasn't gone for a Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1996. |
In Pennsylvania, a key state, polls showed Clinton had padded her lead to as many as 10 points. Clinton even closed in on Trump by two points in Indiana, Pence's home state. |
"He is severely testing a red state like Indiana," Gene Ulm, that poll's conductor, said. |
More from the campaign trail |
• | Gary Johnson, asked to name North Korea's leader, embarrases himself again (USA TODAY) | • | NFL player says "Trump" is a divisive word in the locker room (USA TODAY) | • | Trump's hair looks more realistic than ever in new Chia Pet model (Detroit Free Press) | |
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Clinton keeps up with the Kardashians |
It's no secret that Clinton has gone to great pains to appeal to millennials -- mostly in ways that are painful to watch. This week, she finally weighed in on Kim Kardashian's Paris robbery (as we all hoped she would). |
"I feel really bad for her," said Clinton in an interview with Extra. |
She also expressed sympathy for Kardashian's husband, Kanye West: "He was in the middle of the concert and he ran offstage, bless his heart." |
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