Very well played.
Democratic Representative Mike Quigley has introduced the Covfefe Act and no it's not a joke.
The congressman shared a statement on his website on Monday morning explaining that the Presidential Records Act had been expanded and now includes posts on social media that are shared and posted by the President of the United States.
Quigley stated that the act stands for "
Communications
Over
Various
Feeds
Electronically
for
Engagement" (See what he did there?)
It is a clear reference to Trump's now
infamous tweet in which the President shared the non-existent term covfefe with his 30 million followers before shortly deleting it.
He then had his press secretary announce that "the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant."
It is rumoured that the letters are just a misspelling of the word coverage but it sparked a major talking point on social media with many people coming up with different conspiracy theories of what the word might mean.
Essentially, the bill alters the existing Presidential Records Act to ensure anything that falls under the term social media will now be eligible to be documented and archived.
The official accounts of both the President of The United States and the White House have been archived in the past but Trump often tweets from his own personal account which will now be included under this new act.
So, next time Trump awkwardly misspells a word for the world to see, it will be recorded and kept on file whether it is deleted or not.
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