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Democratic congressman creates Craigslist ad for speaker of the House position

Andrew Prokop is a senior politics correspondent at Vox, covering the White House, elections, and political scandals and investigations. He’s worked at Vox since the site’s launch in 2014, and before that, he worked as a research assistant at the New Yorker’s Washington, DC, bureau.

Republicans are having a difficult time finding someone who actually wants to be speaker of the House. So Rep. Mark Takano, a Democrat from California, is selflessly trying to help them out — by creating this fake Craigslist ad for the position's requirements and posting it on Twitter:

Craigslist Speaker

Do you think you might fit the bill? Try playing this game to see if you have what it takes to be the next John Boehner. But before you sign up for the job, read our explanation of why the House GOP is such a mess.