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....