The PPD Wants You to Drive With “Covfefe”
Covfefe: the viral typo born into the world last night via President Donald Trump’s small, tweeting hands.
The word has inspired a slew of headlines like “Trump targets ‘negative press covfefe’ in garbled midnight tweet that becomes worldwide joke” and “What’s a ‘Covfefe’? Trump Tweet Unites a Bewildered Nation” and “Covfefe is a word now. Deal with it.”
These are, of course, appearing beside headlines that are much more pressing, like “Trump expected to withdraw from Paris climate agreement,” which you should definitely read. But because this is the internet and we love when silly things go viral, especially things like Trump’s distracting tweets, we present one of the best responses to “covfefe,” which comes from Philly’s own police department.
Roads are still slick from last night's rain. Please use your wipers and drive with covfefe
— Philadelphia Police Department (@PhillyPolice) May 31, 2017
The joke likely came from the department’s digital arm, Sergeant Eric Gripp, whose tweets sometimes include Drake references.
Philly Twitter was loving the PPD’s response this morning.
Negative – that's savseves
— Philadelphia Police Department (@PhillyPolice) May 31, 2017
.@PhillyPolice troll level = cavfefe savseves
— THEE Side-Eye Pinkie Pie (@NYPoliticalMom) May 31, 2017
— KJ (@PointForwardPro) May 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/culchiewoman/status/869878535611179008
— April Weis (@LiteraryNymph) May 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/jmlamb8/status/869874423616208896
https://twitter.com/CarlASalonen/status/869885318475939841
Can I get a ticket for driving with a broken covfefe? No one knows how to fix it.
— LuceRN (@LuceResists) May 31, 2017
truly, from the bottom of my heart, this is very well done
— Sophie Stone (@SophieKPStone) May 31, 2017
Though some, of course, did not appreciate the joke.
https://twitter.com/KSbraga/status/869908666656460800
https://twitter.com/joehoya1997/status/869885178893803520
https://twitter.com/martyfeira/status/869888869793226752
https://twitter.com/Pdweanwa7654/status/869915939541614592
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