Tillis Goes on Unhinged Rant Against SAVE America Act From Senate Floor, Vows to Block Measure (VIDEO)
July 16, 2026
Senator Thom Tillis (NC) on Thursday went ballistic in a long-winded rant against the SAVE America Act from the Senate floor.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the SAVE America Act as part of a National Security bill.
On Thursday the House Budget Committee advanced the SAVE and Protect America Act through the budget reconciliation process.
The House Budget Committee advanced a framework for a third reconciliation bill.
The reconciliation strategy is designed to allow the measure to pass the Senate with a simple majority rather than the traditional 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster, although Senate rules will ultimately determine which provisions qualify.
Tillis, a bitter Trump hater and RINO of all RINOs who announced he is not seeking reelection this year, vowed to block the bill as he went off on President Trump.
“If I see a reconciliation bill come from the House with another failed attempt to confuse this election, I will use every device I have available to slow down the wheels of government until people cop a clue and do the math,” Tillis said.
“Don’t fool the American people into thinking you can implement something of this complexity over 60 days, my God it needed to happen two years ago,” Tillis said.
“I have been trying to explain for nearly a year that the SAVE Act, whether it’s the SAVE Act, the SAVE America Act, the new SAVE legislation that’s being proposed in the House, SAVE goes to Hollywood, SAVE goes to Hawaii, whatever the sequels are, all of them are fundamentally flawed and impossible to implement by this election,” Tillis said, mocking President Trump’s proposal.
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President Trump has repeatedly called on the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act.
“Requirement for Voter I.D. to vote should be something that NO American should oppose. If you want to register to vote in the United States, you have to be a citizen in the United States,” the White House previously said in a statement.
The White House previously touted a poll that showed more than 70% of Americans support the SAVE America Act.
Footage Emerges Showing the Moment Canadian Illegal Alien Viciously Assaults Pro-Trump Teenager in New Jersey and Calmly Walks Away (VIDEO)
July 16, 2026
33-year-old Kaitlyn Tracey, a Canadian illegal alien, assaults a pro-Trump teen in New Jersey. Credit: Homeland Security X
Video has emerged showing the moment a vicious illegal migrant assaults an innocent young American due to her backing of President Trump.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, 33-year-old Kaitlyn Tracey, a Canadian illegal alien living in Allenhurst, New Jersey, assaulted a teenage girl earlier this month just because she wore clothing that supported Trump and ICE.
Per multiple reports, Tracey hit the girl twice with an open hand after seeing her “patriotic colored sweatpants” that had the words “Trump” and “ICE.”
Before the assault, Tracey “verbally berated” the teenagers and kept approaching, harassing, and yelling at the teen girl and her friends over their clothing.
The incident occurred on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk on Friday, July 3, but did not become public until this week.
Now, the Department of Homeland Security has obtained and shared footage online showing Tracey smacking the h*ll out of the innocent girl.
Note the fear in the child’s eyes as the Maple Leaf Menace prepares to land the cruel blow. .
Tracey then walks away like nothing ever happened.
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MAPLE LEAF MENACE. This illegal alien who assaulted a teenager has no business being in our country.
RINO Thom Tillis SNAPS at Reporter When Confronted If Donor Money from Industries Using Cheap Illegal Labor Influenced His Vote Against the SAVE America Act
July 16, 2026
North Carolina RINO Senator Thom Tillis completely lost it on Capitol Hill when independent journalist Sara Gonzales asked him the question every American voter deserves to have answered.
Gonzales confronted Tillis over the nearly $700,000 he has taken from industries that rely on cheap illegal labor, contractors, general contractors, hospitality companies, and construction outfits, and asked whether that cash influenced his vote against President Trump’s top legislative priority, the SAVE America Act.
Tillis’s response was pure RINO arrogance.
Sara Gonzales: Senator, you’ve received almost $700,000 from the illegal labor lobby. Is that why you voted against the SAVE America Act?
Tillis: Can you tell me who the illegal labor lobby is?
Sara Gonzales: Yes. It’s contractors, general contractors, hospitality companies, construction companies, and other industries.
Tillis: You know about the SAVE America Act? Which SAVE America Act are you talking about?
Sara Gonzales: The one that you voted against, sir.
Tillis: Okay. And so you’re asking me if I was against it because—
Sara Gonzales: You’re receiving almost $700,000 from these lobbyists.
Tillis: Do you have any idea what a remarkably silly question that is?
Sara Gonzales: I think it’s a pretty important one. I think your constituents want to know why you’re betraying them.
Tillis: Well, let’s do some math. Do you know what my total all-in election cycle cost was in 2020? It was $300 million. Do you honestly believe that I would make a policy decision based on that?
Sara Gonzales: I don’t know why you’re betraying your constituents.
Tillis: Who do you work for?
Sara Gonzales: I’m independent.
Tillis: Okay.
Sara Gonzales: Why are you betraying your constituents? Why are you betraying your constituents, Senator?
Tillis: Good luck on the clicks.
Sara Gonzales: We just want secure elections, Senator. You’re preventing us from getting that. You’re betraying America.
Tillis: Good luck on your job.
Sara Gonzales: Good luck on yours.
As Gonzales perfectly summarized after the explosive interaction:
What a strange thing for Senator Tillis to say. “$700,000 is not enough.” He’s a sellout—but not for that amount—because he receives $300 million. If I were an honest person and I were answering that question, I would just say, “I’m not a sellout to anyone. I don’t sell out for any amount of money.” But Tom Tillis says he sells out, just not for that amount.
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I asked Senator Thom Tillis about his vote against the Save America act and whether it has anything to do with the money he’s receiving from industries who profit off of cheap illegal labor.
This is the same Thom Tillis that The Gateway Pundit previously exposed for openly bragging about blocking the SAVE America Act.
In June, reporter Alicia Powe caught Tillis declaring the bill was “dead” and calling the entire effort a “math problem” while Democrats continue prioritizing illegals over American citizens. Tillis, along with Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski, helped kill earlier attempts to advance the legislation that simply requires proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot.
President Trump has made the SAVE America Act his number one legislative priority for a reason. Americans are sick of open borders, non-citizen voting, and politicians who take money from industries that profit when the border stays broken.
Marius Borg Høiby Released on House Arrest as He Appeals His Rape Conviction – Reunited With His Recovering Mother Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit
July 16, 2026
Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit recovers from a successful lung transplant, while her convicted son Marius Høiby is released on house arrest pending appeal
In the case of Høiby, it’s a ‘palace arrest’.
The Norwegian Royal Family drama had another development today, as the convicted son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been released on house arrest, as he continues to appeal his conviction and sentencing for rape and other charges.
“Marius Borg Høiby, who was arrested in August 2024, will be transferred from prison and held at a home with an electronic tag for the next four weeks, according to VG.
The outlet said that he will stay in a royal residence near Skaugum, the home of his mother and Crown Prince Haakon. […] ‘During his period of custody with electronic monitoring, Marius Borg Høiby will reside in a property at his disposal in Semsveien. The Crown Prince Couple wishes to support him through his current phase’.”
Maris and his Epstein-friend mom
“Høiby, 29, who has been in custody since February, was found guilty of two counts of rape, domestic abuse and other offences and sentenced to four years in prison last month. He was also acquitted of two counts of rape.”
Høiby appealed the convictions, while the state prosecutor appealed the sentencing.
Also today (16), his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, had been discharged from the hospital after undergoing a lung transplant last month.
“According to Are Holm, Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Mette-Marit’s condition is ‘as good as can be expected’. Meanwhile, the Crown Princess released a statement saying she is ‘deeply grateful’ and has been ‘given the gift of life’.”
Mette-Marit is still under investigation over her Epstein links
The Oslo District Court extended Marius Borg Høiby’s pretrial [pre-appeal] detention by another four weeks, but allowed him serve that time under electronic monitoring, instead of behind bars.
“It’s a rare moment of good news for the royal family, arriving the same day Crown Princess Mette-Marit was discharged from the hospital, wrapping up the treatment she’d started just days earlier.”
This happens as investigations continue surrounding Princess Mette-Marit’s alleged links to the Epstein case – a subject that has disappeared from the headlines in light of her very serious health situation.
“According to Norwegian media, Marius Borg now falls under RISK, a program run by Norway’s prison service that uses intensive electronic monitoring to let people serve pretrial detention at home under close supervision. It comes with round-the-clock monitoring, tight restrictions on movement, and daily check-ins from corrections officers.
For the court to sign off, everyone living in the household has to agree to the conditions. Crown Prince Haakon’s family and household staff all consented to let Marius Borg serve this phase of his detention there, vouching for the home as a stable, controlled environment that meets the program’s requirements.”
Sydney Government-Funded “Unholy Playhouse,” The Left’s Temple
July 16, 2026
The fact that an LGBTQ playhouse mocking Christianity was established in a former church is troubling enough, but Christians are now being vilified for opposing it.
An LGBTQ venue called the Unholy Playhouse, later renamed the Divine Playhouse, opened in the site of a 158-year-old former Catholic church in Sydney with taxpayer funding. Christian groups protested because the shows directly mocked Christianity. In the end, the landlord, Revelop, issued a breach notice demanding that the venue “cease engaging in offensive trade” within two days or face lease termination.
However, the intense debate in support of the venue, particularly the rhetoric condemning Christians for opposing it, illustrates the shift toward a post-Christian world.
The building, St. John the Evangelist Church, was built in 1868, owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, and deconsecrated around 1932. It later housed the Genesian Theatre for roughly 80 years, and the property was sold to developers in 2017. The Divine Playhouse opened on July 8, 2026, operating on a one-year lease with an option to extend, at 422-424 Kent Street in Sydney’s CBD.
The venue was produced by Kat Dopper, known for Heaps Gay and Pleasures Playhouse, and operated by Heaps Gay Events. It was marketed as “a sanctuary for divine mischief.” Programming included live music, DJ sets, karaoke backed by a gospel choir, a cabaret series called Holy Flesh, a Harry Potter-themed party, and an event titled Possession, billed as Australia’s first live exorcism, scheduled for October. A weekend event was billed as Sunday Mess: An Unholy Brunch Party – The Resurrection.
Opening-night staff included performers dressed as nuns in blue habits. The project received a $100,000 grant from the New South Wales government arts agency, Create NSW, to support a four-month program. The opening event, titled “The First Rite,” featured men dressed as nuns in sexualized pig angel suits. The following night, the venue hosted a comedy show titled Two Queers Walk Into A Bar.
A spokesperson for the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney said the church “holds a strong Catholic history, and to see it used for direct mockery of our beliefs – events built around the resurrection and purgatory – is genuinely hurtful to our community,” and called on the NSW Government to “apply the same standard to all faiths.”
The venue drew immediate opposition. On opening night, roughly 70 people from Christian groups Fit for the Kingdom and The Prodigal Sons gathered outside the venue, chanting hymns and filming attendees. One protester, Lewis Anderson, filmed himself confronting patrons entering the venue and posted the video to Instagram. Catholic petitioner Chris Nave’s Change.org campaign calling on the NSW Government to withdraw support for the venue reached 5,200 signatures.
The two Christian groups gave specific reasons for their opposition. A Prodigal Sons spokesperson said the choice of a former church was deliberate rather than incidental. “There is no shortage of venues across Sydney where the LGBTQ community is free to express itself and its artistic creativity,” the spokesperson said. “The selection of a former church is a deliberate and conscious decision.”
The groups pointed to a specific opening-night performance, in which a performer dressed as a pig offered McDonald’s fries as a parody of Holy Communion, as an example of what they found offensive. A Fit for the Kingdom spokesperson said the group’s objection was to performances that “mocked Christian beliefs.”
Both groups said their goal was not to silence artists but, in the words of Prodigal Sons, to communicate “how deeply this material has wounded a community of faith.”
Protester Liam Aquilina similarly told ABC News that he had no objection to the church being used by “certain communities,” but objected to specific elements, including staff “dressing up as nuns” and alcohol being sold under names such as “Unholy Order.”
Divine Playhouse responded in a statement: “The arts have always been a place where people ask difficult questions, challenge ideas and use humor, satire and performance to reflect on the world around us. Not every work will resonate with every person, but the freedom to make and experience art is part of what makes an open, creative and democratic society… While causing offence was not our intention, respectfully, we heard those concerns and in good faith promptly made changes prior to opening.”
After Christians petitioned to shut the venue down, a counter-petition organized by drag performer Fran Giapanni gathered 2,300 signatures calling for the venue to remain open as an inclusive arts space. Some supporters framed their defense in explicitly religious terms, arguing that Christians opposing the venue were themselves failing to live out Christian teaching.
One commenter wrote: “It’s sad to see those who say they are Christian so ready to judge and condemn. Jesus would have bought a ticket, He was a rebel and a change maker… He asked us to love each other. Let’s do it.” City of Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor Jess Miller similarly invoked religious language in defense of the venue, describing it as creating “cathedral communities that are ultimately so much stronger for being together than for being split.”
A performer known as Father Daddy made a similar case, arguing that “this idea that the Church is beyond critique or parody has been very dangerous. It’s given us crusades, wars, witch hunts and the recent sexual abuse crisis,” and adding: “You don’t think Jesus would have washed the feet of gay men dying of AIDS in the 80s, or stood up for trans people today?”
Liberals attempting to invoke Scripture in defense of activities expressly forbidden by the Bible are fighting a losing battle, which is generally why they try to silence conservatives rather than engage in free and open debate.
The claim that Jesus would have washed the feet of AIDS patients is accurate. The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care has estimated that the Catholic Church provides 25 percent of all AIDS care worldwide.
Family First’s lead New South Wales Legislative Council candidate, Lyle Shelton, made the funding a campaign issue, pledging to seek an end to Create NSW support for any project that “deliberately denigrate[s] Christianity or any other faith” if elected next year.
Revelop’s breach notice stated: “We note that the trade carried on by HG Events has been the subject of significant protest and public criticism, given its offensive nature.”
Dopper responded by announcing the venue’s closure and the cancellation of all events while she explored legal options. Separately, Meta shut down the accounts of Divine Playhouse, Heaps Gay, and other LGBTQIA+ community pages. The accounts were restored after four days.
A New South Wales government spokesperson defended the grant, saying the government is committed to protecting both LGBTQIA+ people and people of faith from discrimination.
NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann called on the government to support the venue, describing the backlash as an intimidation campaign against queer spaces.
City of Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor Jess Miller said she was concerned by the lease termination. She added that it was “not my place to decide what is ‘art,’” but that she was “very sympathetic to those whose livelihoods are directly and seriously affected by this abrupt decision.”
A further Christian protest was scheduled for the following Friday, with NSW Police confirming they would maintain a presence to help ensure public safety.
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