Yes America, There Is a 'Covfefe' Bill in the Works
PoliticsBecause we now live in a dimension that is two parts Hieronymus Bosch’s The Last Judgment and one part Alice Through the Looking Glass, absurdity now rules the day. And so, it falls to me to report that a bill inspired by Trump’s “covfefe” tweet is making its way through Congress.
Though, as NBC News reports, the bill itself is not nonsense. Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois has put forth the “Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement” Act, which would amend the Presidential Records Act to include social media posts as material that must be preserved and archived. As you may have noticed, the acronym for this clumsily-named bill is “COVFEFE.” Cute.
“The name might be silly, but the issue’s really important and serious,” said Quigley spokesperson Tara Vales to NBC News.
She’s not wrong. Press secretary Sean Spicer has said on the record that Trump’s tweets should be received as official policy statements. If that’s the case, deleting tweets—which Trump has done 19 times since his inauguration—ought to be considered destruction of a public document.