in polls by the public policy polling in iowa, minnesota, and north carolina in august of 2015, he got 8, 8, and 9 percent. he also got a large amount of attention from the media. on october 11, 2015, deez nuts wrote on his facebook page that he would run for the speaker of the united states house of representatives. he said that he was able to be the speaker even though he was not in the house of representatives.