Elizabeth Warren staffer gets wonkiest inner-lip tattoo of all time

Being a staffer for a major presidential candidate requires a lot of dedication and a deep familiarity with the candidate's beliefs. 

But Morgan Sperry, a member of Elizabeth Warren's team on the ground in Iowa, isn't just paying lip service to the job. The veteran staffer has gone all in by memorializing one of the Massachusetts senator's key policies in a semi-permanent way.  

On Monday, Sperry included a gif of herself flashing a "CFPB" tattoo on the inside of her lower lip in this Tweet: "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sectors. It was created by Elizabeth Warren and has returned $12 billion to American consumers."

The CFPB is one of Warren's most visible policy achievements as a U.S. senator. It was first suggested by Warren in 2007 and established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010. The agency oversees a wide swath of the financial sector and describes its mission as holding "companies accountable for illegal practices" and as a voice for consumers concerns. 

While an inner-lip tattoo is a big statement to make, an Iowa-based writer for The Atlantic magazine pointed out on Twitter that tattoos specific to that area of the body are not as permanent as, say, a neck tattoo. 

According to Taylor Guy, tattoo artist at Color Works Tattoo in West Des Moines, an inner-lip tattoo that isn't applied deeply below the epidermis can last anywhere from a couple months to a year, but generally described it as an area where tattoos "look really bad" in general.

Judging by Sperry's long-time dedication to the presidential hopeful's financial regulation policy, her support for the watchdog agency will probably last longer than that. 

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