My laugh? My laugh?! Would I like to respond to Donald Trump’s attacks about my laugh? The “Clinton cackle,” he calls it? No.

I didn’t respond to criticism like that when I was First Lady. I didn’t do that when I was a New York senator after 9/11. And I didn’t take that kind of criticism from world leaders when I was Secretary of State. No, I haven’t come this far to defend the guffaw that has caused Republicans to cringe for 25 years. After all, there are plenty of other things, like my trustworthiness, that my team has prepared me to respond to.

I would much rather keep this election about the everyday Americans. The recession is over, but the deck is still stacked in favor of people at the top. That is not funny.

Look at who is at the “top:” Trump. His inflammatory rhetoric is being used to radicalize terrorist recruits. They are watching videos of his hateful speeches and laughing at his hair. That hair is simply embarrassing. We need a president that won’t make America look foolish, and if they can’t, they should at least try some self-deprecating humor.

Senator Sanders and I have our differences, but we both have a better sense of humor than the Republicans. We’re comparing donkeys and elephants, and what’s funnier than an ass?

But, to be honest, Senator Sanders is too angry to be really funny. It’s like your grandfather suffering from the onset of dementia. The things he says are so outlandish, there is nothing to do but shyly laugh. Like my mother Dorothy used to say, “just indulge him. He’ll be dead soon, anyway.” Just indulge him.

Larry David may do a great impression of Senator Sanders on Saturday Night Live, but my appearances have over so much better, and with many more laughs. Kate McKinnon does a great impression of me and, no, I am not wincing every time I am watching her. Kate’s is not a perfect impression; no, I think we can agree Darrell Hammond as Bill is better. But Kate is pretty good.

As president, I will take SNL and the late-night talk show jokes in stride whether they’re kind or mean because I am a good sport, and late-night shows are great for appealing to young voters. In fact, my sense of humor is one of the best tactics I can use against the vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my campaign, like when the Republicans suggest I might be indicted for the email scandal. Aren’t they forgetting I would be the first woman indicted for a private email server?

Look, I’m a woman, I’m a grandma and I’m a “pantsuit aficionado.” I have spent my entire life fighting for everyday Americans. I’m fighting for the day when fathers can tell their young daughters that they can be anything they want to be, even the runner-up to the 2008 Democratic nomination.

My campaign may not be the “hope and change” that inspired a generation eight years ago, but a president needs to deliver in reality. Obama’s vision of a new American economy in 2008 was sweet and sentimental, but it really lacked a punch line. He had a great catchphrase, like pantsuit aficionado, but I can’t remember how it went right now. But we need someone that can crack that highest glass ceiling. I think if I laugh hard enough, I can do it.

With 18 million cracks in that highest glass ceiling, I will return to the White House once again. This time, Bill can stay home and bake the cookies; I will take a seat behind the Resolute desk and I will laugh a loud, long laugh that will echo through the halls of the West Wing!

So don’t criticize the Clinton cackle, Donald Trump, because you’re going to hear it for 8 more years.

-Travis Filicky, Senior Staff Member