A Donald Trump Tweet Inspired A Congressional Bill
#COVFEFE Early morning tweets and the internet reigns supreme!
Donald Trump shared a tweet on May 31st, 2017 that shook the world and has had social media in a frenzy since then. In the early hours of the morning, Trump tweeted:
This tweet caused confusion to some people and others decide to make fun and try to come up with the most creative meanings of the word while others were trying to figure out the correct pronunciation of ‘covfefe’.
Hours later, he deleted the tweet above and wrote the following:
Who can figure out the true meaning of “covfefe” ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
People got creative and came up with all sorts of explanations of what the ‘word’ means and started making memes of Trump:
You used to #covfefe me on my cell phone. pic.twitter.com/rkp5r9XDJ0
— Matt Slevinsky (@_MATTATTAK) May 31, 2017
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel,
what makes me saddest is that I know I’ll never write anything funnier than #covfefe — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 31, 2017
Even the Merriam-Webster Dictionary got a say in the matter.
Wakes up.
Checks Twitter.
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Uh…
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📈 Lookups fo…
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Regrets checking Twitter.
Goes back to bed.— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2017
Representative Mike Quigley, a Democratic Congressman from the 5th District of Illinois took the opportunity to make a case of the #covefefe tweet and propose a bill to Congress.
Tweets are powerful & the President must be held accountable for every post. I’m proud to introduce the #COVFEFEAct. https://t.co/Qv1ZweNVeg — Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) June 12, 2017
The Communication Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement Act of 2017 (or the COVFEFE Act of 2017) was proposed to make social media a part of the presidential record. Rep. Quigley said that President Trump constant unfiltered use of his personal twitter account is unprecedented and the tweets usually make national news because of its contents.
Rep. Quigley stated in his report that “in order to maintain public trust in government, elected officials must answer for what they do and say; this includes 140-character tweets” You can view the “COVFEFE Act of 2017” here. What do you think of the Act?
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