How This Rookie Congressman Got TikTok Famous
The video was not exactly the stuff of viral TikTok gold: a middle-aged guy talking directly to the camera, in a casually low monotone, about his new job.
“There have been some IT conversations that have made me feel a little young,” said the man, in a TikTok video posted in January.
“So, like, when they gave me my laptop, they looked me dead in the eye and said, ‘Sir, do you need help turning this on?’” he continued, as a GIF of a cat clamoring on a keyboard played in the bottom half of the screen. “And that was when I realized I might not be their average congressional customer.”