Joe Biden’s transition team launched a new account for the president-elect Thursday night, @PresElectBiden.
That account will become @POTUS when Biden is inaugurated, while President Trump
Donald TrumpFreedom Caucus member condemns GOP group pushing 'Anglo-Saxon political traditions' MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's new free speech site to ban certain curse words Secret Facebook groups of special operations officers include racist comments, QAnon posts: report MORE’s @POTUS account will be archived as @POTUS45.
Folks — This will be the account for my official duties as President. At 12:01 PM on January 20th, it will become @POTUS. Until then, I'll be using @JoeBiden. And while you're here, follow @FLOTUSBiden @SenKamalaHarris @SecondGentleman and @Transition46.
— President-elect BidenJoe BidenFour members of Sikh community among victims in Indianapolis shooting Overnight Health: NIH reverses Trump's ban on fetal tissue research | Biden investing .7B to fight virus variants | CDC panel to meet again Friday on J&J On The Money: Moderates' 0B infrastructure bill is a tough sell with Democrats | Justice Dept. sues Trump ally Roger Stone for unpaid taxes MORE (@PresElectBiden) January 15, 2021
Creating the account in advance of the inauguration will give Biden’s team time to build up a following before receiving the official institutional account.
Biden’s team has complained that Trump inherited the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse that former President Obama built up during his term.
"These institutional accounts will not automatically retain the followers from the prior administration," Twitter said Thursday.
"People on Twitter who previously followed institutional White House Twitter accounts, or who currently follow relevant Biden or Harris Twitter accounts, will receive in-app alerts and other prompts that will notify them about the archival process, as well as give them the option to follow the new administration’s Twitter accounts."
