Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said he sees “no serious threat” to the speakership of Kevin McCarthy’s, R-Calif., in a potential bipartisan debt ceiling deal.

Gaetz’s remarks, made Thursday on a Twitter Spaces livestream, were tweeted by Will Steakin of ABC News even as House Republicans and President Joe Biden rushed to avoid a default.

Gaetz said he believes a bipartisan deal would be approved by “about 80-100 Democrat votes and between 140-160 Republican votes.”

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