“A mugger robs a congressman” (joke)

A popular political joke has a mugger demand of a well-dressed man, “Give me your money!” The man protests, “You can’t do this! I’m a U.S. Congressman!” “In that case, give me my money!” the mugger replies.
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1997.
 
 
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Gimme My Money
Musicman (Brent Skilton)
6/20/97
Stop me if you read this in Reader’s Digest.  How you can stop me, I don’t know, but…..
   
Late one night a mugger wearing a ski mask jumped into the path of a well-dressed man and stuck a gun in his ribs.
 
“Give me your money,” he demanded.
 
Indignant, the affluent man replied, “You can’t do this- I’‘m a U.S. Congressman!”
 
“In that case,” replied the robber, “give me MY money!”
 
Google Books
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Public Speaking: 2nd Edition
By Laurie Rozakis
New York, NY: Alpha; Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall
1999
Pg. 77:
Late one night a mugger wearing a ski mask jumped into the path of a well-dressed man and stuck a gun in his ribs. “Give me your money,” the mugger demanded. Indignant, the affluent man replied,
 
“You can’t do this — I’m a U.S. Congressman!”
 
“In that case,” replied the robber, “give me my money.”
 
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Collection of Jokes
Big Ben
7/22/99
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Late one night a mugger wearing a ski mask jumped into the path of a well dressed man and stuck a gun in his ribs.“Give me your money,” he demanded.
Indignant ,the affluent man replied, “You can’t do this I’m a U.S. Congressman!”
“In that case give me my money!”
 
December 1999, VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, “Jest a minute,” pg. 44, col. 3:
Late one night a mugger wearing a ski mask jumped into the path of a well-dressed man and stuck a gun in his ribs. “Give me your money,” he demanded.
 
Indignant, the affluent man said, “You can’t do this-I’m a U.S. congressman!” “In that case,” replied the robber, “give me my money!”
Jim Vick Verona, Italy
   
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Give me my money
E Karm
9/21/05
Late one night, a mugger wearing a ski mask jumped into the path of a well dressed man and stuck a gun in his ribs.
 
“Give me your money,” he demanded.
 
Indignant, the affluent man responded, “You can’t do this. I’m a United States Congressman!”
 
“In that case,” replied the mugger, “give me my money!!!!”
   
Reddit
Mugged in D.C
submitted October 2, 2016 by zen4ever99
A mugger stops a well-dressed man with a gun to his ribs and says “Give me your money”
The man replies back “You can’t do this – I’m a US Congressman!”
“Oh! In that case,” says the robber, “Give me MY money!”