It's not a joke

Puerto Rico is not a joke.

Women’s lives are not a joke.

Black lives are not a joke.

Guns are not a joke.

Haitian immigrants are not a joke.

Mexican immigrants are not a joke.

Central American immigrants are not a joke.

Muslim immigrants are not a joke.

Mass killers using AR-15’s are not a joke.

Murdered school children are not a joke.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is not a joke.

School breakfast and lunch programs are not a joke.

The right to contraception is not a joke.

The right to abortion is not a joke.

The right to vote is not a joke.

The right to privacy is not a joke.

The Affordable Care Act is not a joke.

Asylum seekers are not a joke.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is not a joke.

The United States military is not a joke.

Veterans are not a joke.

Arlington National Cemetery and the service members buried there are not a joke.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is not a joke.

The January 6 insurrection is not a joke.

The lives of D.C. and Capitol police officers are not a joke.

Ukraine’s war against Russian aggression is not a joke.

Teaching the history of racism in America is not a joke.

Transgender rights are not a joke.

The right to marry whomever you want is not a joke.

Social Security and Medicare are not a joke.

Threatening to use the Department of Justice against political opponents is not a joke.

The North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) is not a joke.

Political violence is not a joke.

Lying to the American people is not a joke.

Promising to be “a dictator on day one” is not a joke.

Get out there and vote as if your life depended on it, because this election is not a joke.