{"id":2630880,"date":"2026-07-16T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retiring-gop-sen-tillis-vows-to-block-save-america-act-any-way-he-can-i-will-use-every-device\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:25:50","slug":"retiring-gop-sen-tillis-vows-to-block-save-america-act-any-way-he-can-i-will-use-every-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retiring-gop-sen-tillis-vows-to-block-save-america-act-any-way-he-can-i-will-use-every-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Retiring GOP Sen. Tillis Vows to Block SAVE America Act Any Way He Can: &#8216;I Will Use Every Device&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fretiring-gop-sen-tillis-vows-to-block-save-america-act-any-way-he-can-i-will-use-every-device%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2630880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This content includes a webpage snippet with a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button that,when clicked,reveals additional information. The expanded section contains an article discussing political debates around election integrity in the United States. It highlights President Donald Trump\u2019s calls for election security reforms and opposing viewpoints from Senator Thom Tillis, who is resistant to passing certain election reform bills like the SAVE America Act. Tillis emphasizes the complexities of implementing such legislation before the upcoming midterm elections and criticizes the use of the reconciliation process for these bills. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mentions political opinions suggesting partisan motives<\/a> behind the efforts to stall election reforms, with comments from Democratic and Republican senators. the content centers on ongoing political disputes over election laws, security measures, and legislative strategies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As President Donald Trump calls for efforts to enhance election integrity, vehement anti-Trumper and retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he will not allow that on his watch.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Trump\u2019s primetime address Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump\u2019s points on election integrity will be a clarion call for action, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5972459-trump-election-security-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think all Americans \u2014 Democrat, Republican \u2014 should agree that we are the greatest country in the history of the world. We should have the safest and most secure elections in the history of the world,\u201d Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what the president will be speaking about tonight will show you that perhaps that is not the case, and we need to make some adjustments moving forward, including the SAVE America Act,\u201d she added, referring to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Thursday, Tillis said he will do anything necessary to prevent election reform from passing the Senate, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5971999-thom-tillis-trump-save-america-act-voter-id-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf 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,\u201d Tillis said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I asked Senator Thom Tillis about his vote against the Save America act and whether it has anything to do with the money he\u2019s receiving from industries who profit off of cheap illegal labor.<\/p>\n<p>He was VERY mad about the question.<\/p>\n<p>We deserve better than these America Last losers! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v9zQgzQGq7\">pic.twitter.com\/v9zQgzQGq7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SaraGonzalesTX\/status\/2077127437071024318?\">July 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tillis said that even if the bill were to pass, it could not be implemented for the upcoming midterm elections in November, noting that multiple levels of government are involved in the process, and all would be impacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been trying to explain for nearly a year that the SAVE Act, whether it\u2019s the SAVE Act, the SAVE America Act, the new SAVE legislation that\u2019s 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,\u201d Tillis said.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis said giving states grants to support voter ID is fine with him, but using the budget reconciliation process is not the way to get the SAVE America Act passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s stop the charade. Let\u2019s stop the distraction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get the government funded, let\u2019s use reconciliation if we need to, but let\u2019s not clog it up with another piece of policy airdropped by a member of this Senate or the White House that will undermine this bill, undermine what we need to get done before the election,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Reconciliation is a process that allows budget-related bills to be approved in the Senate through a simple majority. The GOP holds a 53-47 edge in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>However, to approve the bill as a standalone piece of legislation, it needs 60 votes. Democrats have been united in opposition to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>A recently unearthed video showed Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan saying that there is a very clear partisan need to stall the bill, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/elissa-slotkin-says-save-america-act-would-make-hard-democrat-win-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">\u201cIt would be hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election,\u201d Slotkin said of the SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Slotkin did not explain how the proposal would do that.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. 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