After Beverly Hart decided she was going to leave her job as a congressional staffer, she posted a few lighthearted videos on TikTok about her job on Capitol Hill. Now, she has more than 29,000 followers on the app, where she posts a mix of the personal and the political.

She started gaining traction thanks to a game she and her former co-workers would play while waiting for coffee in the mornings — guessing staffers’ political parties based on their outfits or accessories. A Fjällräven backpack screams Democrat, she said, while a bowtie leans Republican.

In an endless sea of suits and blazers, Hart said posting on social media can help demystify what it’s like to work on Capitol Hill.

“There’s this conspiracy theory energy around, like, all politics is bad, everyone that works in it

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