When this whole thing happened, I thought the Statue of Liberty would change. Instead of “Give me your tired and your poor,” it would be her with a baseball bat going “You want a piece of me.”

Robin Williams imagines the famous welcoming statue swapping her gentle message for a tough, defiant stance, swinging a baseball bat and demanding "You want a piece of me." The joke works by pitting a warm, open-armed symbol against a street-fighter attitude.

Context reviewed 20 September 2026