Template:Did you know nominations/Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, October 2015

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 13:26, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, October 2015

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John Boehner

• ... that according to members of the United States House of Representatives, the October 2015 election to succeed John Boehner (pictured) as Speaker of the House has turned the body into a "banana republic"?
  • ALT1: ... open to suggestions.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kate Macintosh
• Comment: This election is sort of unprecedented and an ongoing shitshow (to use parliamentary terminology, so facts will change, and so will the ideal hook. "Banana republic" is a direct quote from Peter T. King (as cited in the article) and Thomas Massie (not cited in the article, but here's his quote). Images could be used for any relevant House member since their headshots are PD-US.

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 18:13, 10 October 2015 (UTC).

• This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the article is neutral and no close paraphrasing was found. My query concerns the hook - in the article only a single member has an inline citation for his "banana republic" quip (the hook says "members"), and what exactly does the comment apply to, the House of Representatives or the process of electing a speaker? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:19, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

• • I added that Massie said "banana republic" to that part of the article. Their specific quotes and source are:
    • Thomas Massie: “What’s this tell the American people? It looks like a banana republic here.”
    • Peter King: “it is total confusion — a banana republic,”
  • I think the comments refer to the House itself, but in the context of the election. I'm still open to a better hook, though, if there is one. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:27, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
• This is now good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:17, 20 October 2015 (UTC)