Democrats are taking direct aim at the President's social media habits with a Trump-themed bill just introduced in Congress.
Introduced by Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), the bill takes aim at the President’s highly publicized Twitter blunder, when he seemingly fell off in the middle of a tweet, thus creating the now infamous not-a-word, "covfefe."
The Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement bill, cleverly dubbed the "COVFEFE Act," would require that all of a president's tweets made over a personal Twitter account be archived.
On his website, Quigley states that, “In order to maintain public trust in government, elected officials must answer for what they do and say; this includes 140-character tweets."
"President Trump’s frequent, unfiltered use of his personal Twitter account as a means of official communication is unprecedented," Quigley adds. "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. Tweets are powerful, and the President must be held accountable for every post”
The intent of this bill would be to prevent any tweets that come from the President’s personal Twitter account, @RealDonaldTrump, from being deleted. If this bill passes, it would add social media to the Presidential Record Act.