COVFEFE Act

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Post by vivaamerica1 » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 11:15 PM UTC

COVFEFE Act
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Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by bberrry » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 12:40 AM UTC

You know he must've been giggling as he came up with this.

In addition to the uncharacteristic legislative humor, it's also a good idea.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by problems » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 12:54 AM UTC

bberrry wrote: post #2

You know he must've been giggling as he came up with this. In addition to the uncharacteristic legislative humor, it's also a good idea.

Yeah, this is why scrapers and archiving tools and websites have actually been important political tools lately.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by jdoliner » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 12:55 AM UTC

bberrry wrote: post #2

You know he must've been giggling as he came up with this. In addition to the uncharacteristic legislative humor, it's also a good idea.

Acronyms for bills are like the one place where the legislature does inject some humor. Despite my distaste for our government, I gotta hand it to them, they're pretty darn good at coming up with funny acronyms.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by cbellew » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:02 AM UTC

Just to put my mind at rest..."Despite the constant negative press covfefe."...we all agree Trump meant 'coverage' right?

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by LeoPanthera » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:03 AM UTC

cbellew wrote: post #5

Just to put my mind at rest..."Despite the constant negative press covfefe."...we all agree Trump meant 'coverage' right?

It's hard to imagine what else he meant. The assumption is that he got interrupted mid-typing and accidentally sent it.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by dualogy » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:06 AM UTC

cbellew wrote: post #5

Just to put my mind at rest..."Despite the constant negative press covfefe."...we all agree Trump meant 'coverage' right?

There have been tweets/vids about it meaning "[I'm] still standing" or some such in Arabic --- my curiousity in the matter was too tiny to verify for myself =)

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:08 AM UTC

bberrry wrote: post #2

You know he must've been giggling as he came up with this. In addition to the uncharacteristic legislative humor, it's also a good idea.

Reminds me of the MAR-A-LAGO bill.

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by exikyut » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:09 AM UTC

jdoliner wrote: post #4

bberrry wrote: post #2

You know he must've been giggling as he came up with this. In addition to the uncharacteristic legislative humor, it's also a good idea.

Acronyms for bills are like the one place where the legislature does inject some humor. Despite my distaste for our government, I gotta hand it to them, they're pretty darn good at coming up with funny acronyms.

What are some good examples of other places this humor can be found?

Re: COVFEFE Act

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Post by panarky » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:12 AM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #8

bberrry wrote: post #2

You know he must've been giggling as he came up with this. In addition to the uncharacteristic legislative humor, it's also a good idea.

Reminds me of the MAR-A-LAGO bill.

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