Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s role is “absolutely safe” despite some Republican pushback over his deal with President Joe Biden over the debt ceiling, according to Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA). 

Graves, who helped lead the negotiations, appeared Sunday on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” with host Margaret Brennan and touted the deal as a “huge accomplishment.” When pressed on comments by Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) criticizing McCarthy, Graves said the speaker is in the clear.

“I’ll tell you right now, Speaker McCarthy’s position is absolutely safe,” Graves said. “He is going to continue delivering wins for the country, changing the direction of Washington and being more representative of the priorities of Americans across the country. I have no doubt his position is safe, and we’re going to keep marching forward continuing to build upon the historic wins that he’s been able to achieve this year.”

On Republican Rep. Ken Buck saying Speaker McCarthy should be worried about his job and doesn't have the faith of the Republican caucus, GOP @RepGarretGraves says "it is not a mainstream position."

"Speaker McCarthy's position is absolutely safe," Graves tells @margbrennan. pic.twitter.com/JANadL7mjD

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 4, 2023

Buck told CNN’s “State of the Union” that McCarthy had “credibility issues” and that he did not “know if a motion to vacate is going to happen right away.” Graves said Buck’s position on McCarthy was not the “mainstream position.”

Under the rules adopted this session of Congress, a single House member can bring forward a motion to vacate to start the process of forcing out the speaker. A simple majority is then needed to oust the speaker.

McCarthy has signaled that he is not worried about being removed from his position. “Not at all,” he said last Sunday during a press conference when a reporter asked if he was concerned.

Buck is not the only Republican congressman criticizing McCarthy for the debt ceiling deal. Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Ralph Norman (R-SC) have also been outspoken in their opposition to the deal. Seventy-one Republicans voted against the bill, half of which were made up of the House Freedom Caucus. On Saturday, after both the House and Senate passed the bill known as the “Fiscal Responsibility Act,” Biden signed it into law.

The bill suspends the debt limit until January 2025 and implements restraints on spending that the Congressional Budget Office estimated would reduce budget deficits by $1.5 trillion over the next decade.

Referring to some of the opponents of the deal, Graves said, “Folks went out and began attempting to define a deal while we were still in negotiations. There wasn’t even an agreement struck and their interpretation or definition of the agreement, as you can imagine, was flawed.”

McCarthy is “one of the best strategists we’ve ever had” who has helped bring “about 10 huge wins this year,” Graves said.

Outspoken Christian and NBA star Jonathan Isaac is taking another stand against the leftist narratives sweeping the United States by launching a new sports and apparel company founded on the tenets of the love of God and country.

Isaac, who refused to kneel in protest against the national anthem during seasonal games during the peak of the Black Lives Matter movement, said his new brand, UNITUS, would launch in August.

“UNITUS is a sports and apparel company, and the basis of it for me is freedom,” Isaac told PragerU’s Amala Ekpunobi in the documentary Unwoke Inc. “You have companies that are in that field who have made a conscious decision to either attack or undermine Christian values, conservative values, and things like that. And I think they have the free choice to do so, as much as I disagree, but I feel that we also have the freedom to create what we want to create.”

The 6’11” Orlando Magic forward said the vision of his latest venture would sign athletes from various sports and establish an infrastructure that allows American families to purchase sports apparel from a company aligned with their values.

After refusing to embrace the BLM movement and standing for the national anthem, Issac’s name made headlines, telling media that his Christian faith “absolutely” informed his decision.

“We can be proud of what we believe in,” he said. “We don’t have to hide or be ashamed of it. As the day continues to get darker and darker and crazier and crazier — you standing up for what you believe is only going to get harder — but it’s only going to become more and more necessary.”

Issac’s move comes as conservatives have boycotted several corporations and brands, accusing them of leaving traditional American values unrepresented by embracing transgenderism. For example, Anheuser-Busch has experienced a $27 billion drop in market value since its partnership with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney was revealed.

Other boycotts have been launched against Target and Kohls over transgender-related clothing, and the Los Angeles Dodgers for inviting the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” which critics have labeled anti-Catholic, to the franchise’s 2023 Pride Night.

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Isaac became one of The Daily Wire Book’s first authors in 2022 after releasing “Why I Stand,” which shares the basketball star’s story of how he found the courage to stand for his beliefs through a series of divine connections and unwavering faith.