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New Members Provide Backstage Pass to Orientation with Social Media

By Jerel Flint

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New members of Congress took to social media over the last few weeks to share behind-the-scenes footage of the orientation they attended at the Capitol in November. Members, such as Reps.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Abigail Spanberger and Ilhan Omar, took their followers on a digital tour of places and events sometimes rarely seen by members of the public.

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