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John,
While most of you likely know me from my time in Congress working to hold Donald Trump accountable for his attacks on democracy, something you may not know is that I like to do stand-up comedy.
I’m not saying I’m good at it, mind you, but I love going on Bill Maher, or Stephen Colbert’s show, or Seth Myers, or any of the late-night comedy shows. And I do stand-up events at the Improv in Hollywood. These days, if we can’t laugh a little, I think we would all go mad.
Don’t worry, I won’t be quitting my day job anytime soon. But I do like to laugh and make others laugh too. And I’m a big fan of the Big Lebowski. When I was last in the Oval Office with President Biden, I looked at the beautiful blue oval rug and told him: “Mr. President, this rug really ties the whole room together.”
I also think comedy and comedy shows are a good way to bring new people into the political process. Some of the most important and biting observations about our modern political life are made through comedy, and it pulls in a lot of young people in the audience.
And humor can be a very powerful political weapon, used to disarm a political attack or point out an obvious irony or hypocrisy. Like when JD Vance complained about being called schoolyard names, I said that “shifty Schiff, pencil neck, and watermelon head” would like a word with him.
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Our democracy is not a joke, and I take the work of running to be a U.S. Senator very seriously — but we all need a little bit of humor too!
Thank you,
Adam
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