Dem Hill Staffer To Compete On Reality Show Where ‘Kissing Butt’ Will Come In Handy

The upcoming season of a long-running reality competition show will feature several interesting cast members, including a top staffer for a Democratic congresswoman.

Alex Moore, retiring Democratic Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s communications director, is one of 18 “castaways” set to appear on the 49th season of “Survivor,” according to Inside Survivor. In a trailer for the season featured on Entertainment Weekly, Moore is seen saying, “I work on Capitol Hill and I think that has prepared me for Survivor.”

Moore suggested his strategy is also linked to his current job because, as a communications director “one of favorite pastimes is kissing butt,” according to the season trailer.

Jacob Rubashkin of Inside Election calls the Democratic staffer’s participation in the reality show “Life in the House minority.”

Another Democratic Hill Staffer was voted off the Island in last fall’s ‘Survivor’ season 47. Former Obama Speechwriter Jon Lovett was the first person voted out by the Gata team, according to NBC News. Lovett is well known as a co-host of the left-wing podcast, Pod Save America.

Jeff Probst, the program’s longtime host and showrunner, calls the season’s group of contestants “likable and quirky.”