Pope Francis' three-day visit to the nation's capital brought out the best of Congress, and it was well-reflected in their tweets.
During his visit, members of Congress and their staffers sent out over 1,200 tweets mentioning the pontiff with nearly 700 of those coming on Thursday. Members also sent out 314 press releases on the Pope's visit.
Hunter Hawkins, creative adviser, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
"#Pope #PopeInDC #PopeFrancis #PopePopePope #Popepocalpse#PopeUpInHere #PopeParty"
SoRelle Wyckoff, deputy press secretary, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)
"#popeghazi #popageddon #popelicious #pope #pope #pope"
Tracy Manzer, communications director, Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.)
"Celebrating the arrival of the Pope with a lot of wine. If you can get DC to behave, you may have a convert #PopeFrancis #PopeInDC"
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
"Somebody fr whitehouse just chkd sound system for pope visit. The gentleman correctly counted 1to 10 and did it loudly"
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)
"Senator Grassley (in between tweets) prepared to welcome Pope Francis at White House. http://t.co/b6lrRQRGrw"
Tyler York, district representative, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
"Please follow @ChuckGrassley for the best live tweeting of the pope visit"
Patrick Boland, communications director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
"Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope! Pope!#PopeInDC http://t.co/bTET14qIiy"
Lesley Anne Warner, professional staff member, House Foreign Affairs Committee
"How cool would it be if there was a #PopeFrancis body double doing all DC appearances & I just ran into the real Pope @ Starbucks? #PopeInDC"
Brendan Buck, communications director, House Ways and Means Committee
"Saw the pope. Check."
Sam Hattrup, special assistant, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
"Pope's first miracle: getting the senate to move as a group to the house floor"
Terassa Wren, scheduler, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.)
"The Pope is here so naturally everyone put their iPhones in the air like they just don't care. #PopeInDC http://t.co/aoCFkK90nO"
Shawn Jester, constituent liaison, Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.)
"The Pope does not speak with normal applause lines (or applause lines at all), and I think that's confusing the members of Congress."
Stephen Worley, deputy communications director, Senate Appropriations Committee
"Man, really was not expecting Pope Francis to call for putting Seinfeld back on TV."
Dante Atkins, press secretary, Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
"Hearing "God bless America" from the Pope does feel a little bit different from when everyone else says it."
Dante Atkins, press secretary, Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
"Poor Boehner. He has to go from the Pope to the House Freedom Caucus. Talk about mood swings."
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)
"It would be nice if Pope Francis could stay with us for a week or two to keep Congress on its best behavior. #PopeInDC 2/2"
