With the May 7 deadline fast approaching, Americans are in full panic mode over the requirement to show a REAL ID to board domestic flights—despite the law being signed in 2005, sources have confirmed.
Citizens from coast to coast have taken to social media to complain they were blindsided by the news, despite repeated updates over two decades, billboards in every airport, and DMV clerks reminding them since Obama’s first term. One angry traveler in Ohio asked, “Why didn’t anyone say anything sooner?” while standing under a “REAL ID Deadline” banner.
The Department of Homeland Security has responded with a shrug and a helpful, “We literally tried everything.”
As of press time, thousands of Americans were rushing to the DMV with expired coupons, Blockbuster cards, and handwritten notes from their moms, hoping it counts as federally approved identification.
I’ve got a library card, a Safeway card and a 1967 Gimbels Charge-a-Plate. Will that suffice? It worked for the 2020 election.