'Covfefe Act' Aims to Prevent Deletion of President's Social Media Posts
Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., filed the Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement (Covfefe) Act Monday in a bid to amend the Presidential Records Act to include a president’s social media posts. The bill’s title refers to a now-deleted May…
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31 tweet from President Donald Trump in which he talked about “the constant negative press covfefe.” Adding “social media” to the list of PRA-covered records could make it illegal for Trump and future presidents to delete any such content, Quigley’s office said. Trump’s “frequent, unfiltered use of his personal Twitter account as a means of official communication is unprecedented,” Quigley said in a news release. “If the President is going to take to social media to make sudden public policy proclamations, we must ensure that these statements are documented and preserved for future reference.” The White House didn’t comment.