A congresswoman has come underfire after her bad parking was caught on camera . Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton , 77 , who represents by the District of Columbia , was secretly filmed on Wednesday morning as she drove into a spot on Capitol Hill at the wrong angle . Instead of pushing forwards at 45-degrees , she blindly performed a perpendicular maneuver . As a result , the back and front ends of her car were almost touching other vehicles , while her bumper also rested well over the curb . Scroll down for video . Wrong move : Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton , 77 , who represents by the District of Columbia , was secretly filmed on Wednesday morning as she drove her car into a spot on Capitol Hill at the wrong angle . Oblivious : Instead of pushing forwards at 45-degrees , she blindly performed a perpendicular maneuver . Footage shows her jutting to a standstill as a young aide runs over to help . But he decides there is little he can do to help the situation and goes over to help Norton out of the silver sedan instead . As he strolls to the driver 's door , around the 40-second mark , a U.S. Capitol police officer zooms by on a motorcycle apparently oblivious to the parking offense . Norton , a Yale alumni , then locks her car and walks away . But before getting too far she stops and returns to her vehicle . It looks like she might have spotted her bad parking . However , it transpires that she 's merely forgotten something . After retrieving the possession she locks up and walks off . In the spotlight : Norton is a Delegate to the U.S Congress representing the District of Columbia . The tipster who filmed the incident can be head tutting in the background . 'Eleanor Holmes Norton is struggling to park her car right now and she has hit that red car next to her ... repeatedly , ' the unidentified man says . 'If she parks like that , she should not be in congress . ' To date the clip , leaked by the political website Roll Call , has been watched more than 74,000 times . Many viewers have questioned Norton 's political ability after seeing her behind the wheel . A spokesperson from the widowed mother-of-two 's office told Roll Call that there was no harm caused from the not-so-great parking job . 'After the congresswoman parked her car , we assessed the cars on either side to see if there was any damage . We could not find any . 'But we left a note with a business card so the congresswoman could be contacted in case we missed any . '
Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton , Wednesday , who represents by the District of Columbia , was secretly filmed on 77 morning as she drove her car into a spot on Capitol Hill at the wrong angle . To date the clip has been watched more than 74,000 times . Many viewers have questioned Norton 's political ability after seeing her behind the wheel .