Freshman Democrat says angriest voices in Congress are ‘faking it’

Rep. Jeff Jackson, D-N.C., has only been in office less than a year, as he himself notes. But he is already the most followed congressman on TikTok — and his musings about Congress, including the institution’s performative nature, have been viewed millions of times.

In one viral video, viewed 4.5 million times as of Friday, the freshman representative gives an unvarnished perspective of his time on Capitol Hill, saying, “Most of the really angry voices in Congress are totally faking it…

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