Story highlights The Hillary Clinton campaign is reportedly spending $63,000 on ads

The campaign requested The Weather Channel delay airing its ads until the hurricane passes

Washington (CNN) The Hillary Clinton campaign requested Thursday that The Weather Channel delay airing its campaign ads until Hurricane Matthew passes.

"Earlier in the week, we made changes to our TV ad reservations across hundreds of stations in several battleground states including Florida," said Jesse Ferguson, a Clinton spokesman. "Less than 1% of those changes included The Weather Channel. We have requested that stations in Florida delay any of those ads on the Weather Channel until after the storm passes."

Clinton's decision to air ads on The Weather Channel as attention shifted from the 2016 campaign to the approaching hurricane sparked some criticism from Republicans, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

"I encourage both presidential campaigns to be sensitive to all affected by Hurricane #Matthew in the coming days," Bush tweeted Wednesday, linking to a Politico article that reported Clinton will spend $63,000 on a five-day ad buy that would begin Thursday on The Weather Channel.

I encourage both presidential campaigns to be sensitive to all affected by Hurricane #Matthew in the coming days. https://t.co/bmM99VlUqm — Jeb Bush (@JebBush) October 6, 2016

Kristy Campbell, Bush's former spokeswoman, called Clinton's ad buy "a colossally huge and unforced error."

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