Rahm Emanuel once said “never let a good crisis go to waste,” and Hillary Clinton is taking his advice to heart. She’s bought $63,000 worth of ads on the Weather Channel so that she can appeal to Florida voters while they panic over Hurricane Matthew.
The hurricane, which is set to make landfall on Florida Thursday night into Friday morning, could be one of the most damaging storms in American history. Outage forecasts show that nearly 7 million people could be without power by Friday night, with the storm continuing up the East coast through Georgia and South Carolina.
The direst predictions have Matthew meeting up with tropical storm Nicole.
But while Clinton has yet to express sympathy with potential victims of the storm, she’s already preying on Florida residents desperate to get the latest information on the hurricane bearing down on their homes—making sure that they get her election pitch in between updates about wind speeds and category strength. – READ MORE
