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The Covfefe Act Introduced
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:29 am
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:29 am
What is Covfefe?
To Representative Mike Quigley, it's a bill titled The Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement Act.
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Say what you will about Quigley, but he needs to be in charge of all the names moving forward.
To Representative Mike Quigley, it's a bill titled The Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement Act.
LINK
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America's 45th president has a habit of writing and then deleting his social media posts and US Representative Mike Quigley wants him to stop. As such, Quigley on Monday introduced legislation to force the National Archives to include "social media" as part of the Presidential Records Act and he's calling it the Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement, or "Covfefe" Act.
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"President Trump's frequent, unfiltered use of his personal Twitter account as a means of official communication is unprecedented," Quigley stated. "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." It should be noted, however, that there is still a question as to whether Trump's personal twitter account will be treated the same way as the official @POTUS account.
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The National Archives, which is charged with maintaining a comprehensive set of the President and Vice President's official records, argued in January that social media posts should be included as part of the Records Act. However, that requirement is not specifically mentioned in the existing law. Since then the White House has stated that the President's tweets should be taken as official statements by the executive branch. "The president is president of the United States so they are considered official statements by the president of the United States," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters last week.
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This isn't the first time that Rep. Quigley has taken shots at the president through pun-filled legislation. He recently also introduced the Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness (MAR-A-LAGO) Act, which would force the administration to turn over the visitor logs from Trump's Florida country club as well as the White House itself.
Say what you will about Quigley, but he needs to be in charge of all the names moving forward.
This post was edited on 6/13/17 at 7:29 am
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Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:30 am to AggieDub14
Melt
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:32 am to Strannix
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AggieDub14
Oh, this motherfricker again. Nevermind...
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:35 am to AggieDub14
I don't care where you stand politically, this is funny.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:35 am to AggieDub14
This is more important than tax reform?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:36 am to skidry
Lol thank you. That's what I thought too. Give this man permanent naming responsibility. He's an expert in nameology.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:43 am to AggieDub14
So let's look at this in chronological order concerning avenues of political commenting:
Radio - new toy at the time that apparently became a big hit
Television - new toy at the time that apparently became a bigger hit than radio
Electronic messaging - new toy at the time that is becoming a bigger hit than radio and television
It's called the evolution of messaging. You will accept it eventually.
Radio - new toy at the time that apparently became a big hit
Television - new toy at the time that apparently became a bigger hit than radio
Electronic messaging - new toy at the time that is becoming a bigger hit than radio and television
It's called the evolution of messaging. You will accept it eventually.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:44 am to Homesick Tiger
I'm failing to see where I haven't accepted it?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:46 am to AggieDub14
quote:
This isn't the first time that Rep. Quigley has taken shots at the president through pun-filled legislation. He recently also introduced the Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness (MAR-A-LAGO) Act,
Glad to see he's using his time and the American taxpayers money wisely
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:47 am to AggieDub14
Sounds like more of the establishment trying to censor people...
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:47 am to Strannix
Both of those bills make a lot of sense, and there isn't really any good reason to be against them. Other than the cop out of "Oh don't we have something better to do"
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:48 am to AggieDub14
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I'm failing to see where I haven't accepted it?
Wasn't a slight directed towards you, just people who say a president tweeting is preposterous. Just be patient, they'll show up.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:49 am to AggieDub14
I can't think of a bigger waste of time than this bill.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:50 am to AggieDub14
Working relentlessly for people like me...introduces fricking useless, stupid, piece-of-rotted-ofal bill that will never see the light of day to prove it...
These frickheads...
These frickheads...
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:52 am to Homesick Tiger
So you listed the evolution of media. Those older forms of media are kept as records. Based on your logic, tweets should now be kept as records because they are the next chain in evolution of media. But here are all these people who think that's a bad idea. It sounds like they are the ones who haven't accepted it.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:56 am to AggieDub14
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So you listed the evolution of media. Those older forms of media are kept as records. Based on your logic, tweets should now be kept as records because they are the next chain in evolution of media. But here are all these people who think that's a bad idea. It sounds like they are the ones who haven't accepted it.
You just sound foolish to me. Anyone who knows anything about the Internet knows that nothing that is ever posted is gone forever, even if it is subsequently deleted. This bill is useless.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:57 am to imjustafatkid
So why shouldn't the library of Congress just go ahead and collect them so our government has them all in one place? Still failing to see why this is bad. Y'all need to take off your MAGA glasses.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:04 am to AggieDub14
Well, you just hung yourself with this
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Y'all need to take off your MAGA glasses.
After asking me this
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I'm failing to see where I haven't accepted it?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:06 am to AggieDub14
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So why shouldn't the library of Congress just go ahead and collect them so our government has them all in one place?
I can see how that might have served a purpose before everything was easily accessible online, but what purpose does that serve now?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:09 am to TrueTiger
So congress should stop and only work on one issue at a time? That's born hiwnitnreally works, big man.
ANd the bill, while given a pun for a name, is very relevant and very important and should be easily passed. Of course the original party of obstruction politics won't touch it
ANd the bill, while given a pun for a name, is very relevant and very important and should be easily passed. Of course the original party of obstruction politics won't touch it
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