Nets Push Clinton Campaign Effort to Exploit Hurricane for Political Gain

Kyle Drennen | October 7, 2016
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

On Friday, all three network morning shows dutifully advanced concerns from Hillary Clinton’s campaign that Hurricane Matthew could impact voter registration in Florida and touted the Democratic nominee’s demand that the state’s deadline for registration be extended to help her get more support at the ballot box in November.

During a brief political report on NBC’s Today amid the extensive storm coverage, correspondent Peter Alexander recited talking points from team Clinton: “Matthew could potentially impact voting in the southeast. The Clinton campaign had requested that the voter registration date, the deadline of next Tuesday in Florida, be extended. But Florida's Republican governor there, Rick Scott, he is the chairman of the super-PAC supporting Donald Trump's campaign, said he has no plans to extend the voter registration deadline beyond next Tuesday.”

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