Megan Coyne (born ) is an American Democratic political communications specialist. She currently serves as the White House Deputy Director of Platforms, where she manages the Twitter account for the White House. She has previously run social media platforms in

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, including the official New Jersey state twitter account and the social media account of New Jersey governor

Phil Murphy Philip Dunton Murphy (born August 16, 1957) is an American financier, diplomat, and politician serving as the 56th governor of New Jersey since January 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States ambassador to Germa ...

. Coyne is a native of

Livingston, New Jersey Livingston is a township in Essex County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 29,366, reflecting an increase of 1,975 (+7.2%) from the 27,391 counted in the 2000 Census. In 2019, the Population Estimates Prog ...

, and is a graduate of

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

class of 2019.

Early life and education

Born and raised in New Jersey, Coyne is a native of

, and is a graduate of Livingston High School. After her graduation from high school, she enrolled at Rutgers University. She became active in the Rutgers chapter of

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and was elected president of the College Democrats of New Jersey in 2018, becoming the state group's first female president. She graduated from Rutgers with her bachelor's degree in political science in 2019.

Career

New Jersey

In 2017, Coyne began her involvement in statewide New Jersey politics as an intern for the 2017 gubernatorial campaign of

, who would later become the

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. Throughout much of 2018 and 2019, Coyne worked in Murphy's administration as a communications intern, before becoming a full-time member of the governor's communications staff in 2019 following her graduation from Rutgers University. As a full-time staff member in the Office of the Governor, Coyne was one of the two people to run the New Jersey state Twitter account, shaping the account's posting into a mix of internet memes and official information. Coyne became widely recognized among Democrats, owing to the account's viral tweets and its poignant persona. Under her tenure, the New Jersey state Twitter account grew substantially and became the largest official Twitter account of any U.S. state.

White House

In August 2022, Coyne left her role in New Jersey to serve as the White House Deputy Director of Platforms, where she manages the Twitter account for the White House. Shortly thereafter, several U.S. representatives tweeted in opposition to Biden's student loan forgiveness program; the White House account responded by quote tweeting the representatives and noting how much each individual representative received in

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forgiveness. One user remarked that the White House had gone " goblin mode"; as the account's new manager, Coyne was speculated to be behind the tweets. The White House has not confirmed that rumor, although ''Buzzfeed News'' reported that Coyne retweeted a screenshot of the trending incident with a ":)".

References

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