Sen. Chuck Grassley Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleySenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Senators offer disaster tax relief bill Trump spikes political football with return of Big Ten season MORE (R-Iowa) is urging President Trump to keep holding White House press briefings after the president floated discontinuing them Friday.

"I read tweet abt possibility of stopping WH Press Briefings. That [would] be wrong. Even We in Senate follow those briefings," Grassley said Friday in a tweet addressed to "#POTUS"—short for president of the United States.

#POTUS I read tweet abt possibility of stopping WH PressBriefings. That wld be wrong. Even We in Senate follow those briefings — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) May 12, 2017

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The president's suggestion came as he was defending the contradictions between multiple White House explanations for why Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

Arguing that it wasn't possible for his spokespeople to speak with "perfect accuracy" because he's "very active," Trump floated that the solution might be to cancel the briefings.

As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017

...Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future "press briefings" and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy??? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017

The Trump administration initially said that the president fired Comey at the recommendation of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE. But Trump contradicted that claim Thursday when he told NBC News that he would have fired Comey no matter the recommendation.

Grassley, one of the Senate's most notable and idiosyncratic Twitter users, has previously used social media to try to reach Trump. He tweeted at Trump in March asking for his support for visa legislation.