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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is fundraising off of the debt ceiling negotiations.

In a fundraising email sent out Thursday, DSCC executive director Guy Cecil highlighted a warning President Obama reportedly made to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) during Wednesday's negotiations to increase the debt ceiling.

"Don't call my bluff," Cecil writes in the fundraising email. "These were the strong words President Obama had for Eric Cantor, leader of the Congressional “Hell No” Caucus."

If the debt ceiling isn't raised, Republicans will blame Democrats for the economic fallout, Cecil adds in the email.

"If a debt ceiling deal is not reached, they will spend millions blaming Democrats. And we will need to fight back against every single lie," Cecil writes.

On Wednesday evening, the negotiations became tense when Obama left the meeting after arguing with Cantor about what should be included in a f! inal deal. Republicans said that Obama warned Cantor "don't call my bluff." Obama left the meeting shortly after that.

Over the past few days Democrats have been working to portray Republicans in internal disarray over who's leading the debt ceiling negotiations: House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) or Cantor. Democrats also charged that Cantor was the real holdup in a $4 trillion 'grand bargain' debt ceiling increase deal.

 On Thursday, the top two Republicans stressed that there was no daylight between them on the negotiations.

“The Speaker and I have consistently been on the same page,” Cantor said.