“I’m not going to extend it,” Scott stated. “Everybody has had a lot of time to register. On top of that, we have lots of opportunities to vote: early voting, absentee voting, Election Day. So I don’t intend to make any changes.”
Robby Mook, the campaign manager for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, demanded that Florida officials extend the state’s voter registration deadline past Tuesday due to disruptions caused by Hurricane Matthew.
Leaving more than 100 dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Matthew steamed toward heavily populated Florida with terrifying winds of 140 mph Thursday, and 2 million people across the Southeast were warned to flee inland.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Florida’s first hurricane in 11 years has left the Big Bend region without power and cellular service in the aftermath of the category 1 storm.
Hurricane Hermine, now a tropical storm, left one person dead in its wake and more than 250,000 electrical customers without power.
As northern Florida confronts the heavy winds and rains of Hurricane Hermine, biology experts warn that the storm may aid the spread of the Zika virus, now confirmed to be present in mosquitos in the state.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, warned this week that his agency is running out of money to keep the Zika virus at bay and that a lack of funding could lead to growing numbers of mosquito nests and a high rate of infection.
Medical experts tracking the spread of the Zika virus throughout the continental United States warn that the conditions for rapid mosquito reproduction necessary for an outbreak exist throughout the Gulf Coast states and stretch as far north as Maryland.
An Ohio battleground poll shows Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton in a dead heat, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott—a Trump supporter, whose Super PAC conducted the poll—tells Breitbart News exclusively that this is proof independents want change.
Monday on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record,” Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL), a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, discussed the allegations surrounding the Clinton Foundation and a possible pay-to-play situation involving Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton while she
Five cases of local Zika transmission have been reported in Miami Beach, widening the area of Zika exposure after a week of hopeful speculation that the outbreak had been contained.
Three more cases of Zika virus transmission have been reported from the outbreak area in northern Miami, making a total of 25 cases reported to date.
With Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control rapidly losing the battle to contain the epidemic from the Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, panicking authorities began aerial spraying and may soon bring in bats that can eat 1,000 mosquitoes an hour.
Grammy-winning reggae star Beenie Man says he was forced to drop out of a scheduled performance Saturday night at Toronto’s annual OVO Fest when the Canadian government denied his visa request after he contracted the Zika virus.
The Zika virus has conclusively arrived on American shores, as Florida officials announced the first confirmed cases of mosquito-transmitted infections on Friday.
Asked about Ted Cruz’s speech last night at the Republican National Convention, Florida Gov. Rick Scott told Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon, “There’s two people who are going to be on the ballot – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. So if you’re not supporting Donald Trump, then you’re supporting Hillary Clinton. It’s time to unify the party. It’s time to make sure we win in November. I don’t want four more years of Barack Obama’s policies.”
CLEVELAND, OH — Wednesday at the Republican National Convention, Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) kicked off the event’s third night with a message touting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and criticizing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on how each would
During a visit to Orlando on Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch promised that the Justice Department is “making $1 million in emergency funding available to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement,” even as Florida Governor Rick Scott’s request for $5 million in FEMA disaster relief was denied.
Monday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) discussed Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s decision to redact the Orlando shooter’s references to the Islamic State in transcripts of his 911 calls the night of the massacre. Scott panned the
It is time to destroy ISIS, not the Second Amendment, Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) said Friday when he was asked about President Barack Obama’s renewed demands for more gun control.
During an interview with Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) on Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” CNN Justice Correspondent Pamela Brown said that “ISIS, terrorism could be to blame” for the terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida before asking Scott
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “American Newsroom,” while discussing the gun control measures being proposed in the wake of the Orlando terror mass shooting, Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) said, he is disgusted with President Barack Obama ‘s lack of focus on
White House press secretary Josh Earnest confirmed reports that President Barack Obama hasn’t called Republican governor of Florida Rick Scott after the terrorist attack at a gay club in Orlando, Florida on Sunday.
Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) argued against those claiming the Second Amendment was responsible for Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando at a gay night club. Instead he argued it was “evil radical Islam”
“We’re a loving state,” said governor Rick Scott after being asked directly how he sleeps at night knowing the threat Radical Islam poses to Florida residents and visitors. “We’re a great melting pot.” The term “melting pot” is a term used to describe how immigrants come to America and blend into her mainstream culture and adopt her traditions.
Florida Governor Rick Scott expressed thoughts and prayers, assuring “we will devote ever resource available” to help in the aftermath of an early Sunday morning attack on an Orlando, Florida gay nightclub that left at least 50 dead and 53 injured and may be an act of Islamic terrorism.
Friday on CNN, Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) discussed his upcoming meeting with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump slated for Monday at Trump Tower in New York City. Host Wolf Blitzer asked Scott about the possibility of being Trump’s running mate,
A woman at Starbucks in Gainesville, FL, screamed at Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) about Obamacare and abortion.
Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) signed a bill into law Friday that bars state and local governments, and Medicaid managed care plans, from contracting with organizations that have any relationships with abortion clinics.
Planned Parenthood is unleashing an ad buy worth $100,000 in Florida to counter a pro-life effort to defund the abortion giant in that state after a series of undercover videos showed the abortion business apparently engaged in the practice of selling the body parts of babies it aborted.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott threw his support behind GOP frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying it is time Republicans “come together.”
On Thursday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) had an interview abruptly ended by co-host Mika Brzezinski when he declined to answer a question about how he thought Muslims in his state felt about America. The questioned asked
A bill that would both redirect Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding to health care centers that do not perform abortions, and require abortion clinics to have the same safety standards as other outpatient surgical facilities has been approved in Florida and now heads to the desk of Gov. Rick Scott (R).
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency over the Zika virus threat in four counties on Wednesday, saying that he wanted state resources prepared for the possibility that Zika could begin spreading through Florida’s mosquito population.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a public health emergency in four Florida counties where the Zika virus has been detected.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto that Donald Trump “absolutely” could win the general election during an interview on Wednesday.
Appearing on Fox News’ Fox & Friends, Florida Governor Rick Scott expressed concern over the recent conference call he took part in with the White House regarding the administration’s push to relocate Syrian refugees in the United States.
Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) stated that the White House told him the White House wouldn’t explain how the US’ refugee vetting program is better than France’s and they wouldn’t give him “any authority to make decisions for my state,” or
Even though roughly two dozen state governors have declared their states won’t accept any Syrian refugees, legal scholars are saying it is only the federal government that can stop this program and that state governors can’t close their borders – putting pressure on Congress to take the initiative to block more refugees from entering the country.
A Florida pro-life group is urging Gov. Rick Scott (R) to live up to his own pro-life credentials by eliminating Planned Parenthood federal funding in the state and redirecting those funds to qualified health centers.
