Posted on 12/31/2024 7:21:14 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) said on Wednesday that the successful effort last October to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House “has officially turned into an unmitigated disaster.” The Kentucky Republican — a top ally of Ron DeSantis’s failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination — made the remark in a post on X (formerly Twitter), expressing frustration with the leadership of new House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
“Getting rid of Speaker McCarthy has officially turned into an unmitigated disaster,” Massie said before claiming McCarthy’s ouster derailed the House Republican agenda: “All work on separate spending bills has ceased. Spending reductions have been traded for spending increases. Warrantless spying has been temporarily extended. Our majority has shrunk.”
After receiving some pushback for seemingly expressing his support for McCarthy’s leadership as Speaker, the Kentucky Congressman challenged his critics to “[n]ame one thing that’s improved under the new Speaker.”
Rep. Matt Gaetz, who led the effort to remove McCarthy as Speaker, responded to Massie’s challenge, pointing to the fact Speaker Jonhnson has thus far resisted efforts to pass renewed funding for Ukraine — a measure backed by McCarthy. Following his initial response, Gaetz added: “McCarthy lied to us, made secret side deals, increased spending, got rolled by Biden, and shrunk our majority by quitting when he couldn’t run the place.” Other social media users pointed to Speaker Johnson upholding his promise to release the January 6th U.S. Capitol security camera footage to the public.
At the start of the new Congress, Massie described himself as a “barely Kevin” when asked if he’d back McCarthy’s bid for Speaker. He voted in favor of McCarthy fifteen times during the January 2023 election for House Speaker.
Getting rid of Speaker McCarthy has officially turned into an unmitigated disaster.
All work on separate spending bills has ceased.
Spending reductions have been traded for spending increases.
Warrantless spying has been temporarily extended.
Our majority has shrunk.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) February 7, 2024
Jeffries likely already knows the whiff of balls.
I wrote out a much cruder post about Johnson but didn’t want to get banned from the site. I’ve got nothing against Johnsons. I have one of my own. I like mine. Can’t say I’ve experienced any others but that other one I liked at first, thought he was politically savvy. But I’m beginning to wonder if he’s just another Richard.
On Trump Force 1, that famous photo with Musk and RFKj, notice they didn’t give Johnson a seat at the table. In fact, he didn’t even have a filet o’fish.
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