Arizona mom shares 'everyday Americans' struggles at RNC: What she said

An Arizona woman who says she is a single mom who works two jobs took the stage at the Republican National Convention Monday in Milwaukee.

Sara Workman was one of several Republican voters who spoke at the convention in support of presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Workman said she spoke "on behalf of everyday Americans" who she says face daily financial pressures, from filling up their gas tanks to grocery shopping and paying monthly bills.

"Every time ... I think, 'Who doesn't miss the Trump days?'" Workman said. "But it's not just the economic pain we're all feeling under Joe Biden. It's how they're destroying the American spirit."

Workman addressed issues like inflation, border policies, education and crime, which are some of the topics that have risen as most relevant for the majority of Republican voters in the state, and for Arizonans in general, according to an Emerson College poll from earlier this year.

Workman shared her life experience with the crowd as she stated the Democrat government's border policies "have shattered my family." Workman argued the drug crisis has worsened under Biden, personally affecting her family.

"My husband fell victim to the drug epidemic. It tore our family apart, and now I raise my son alone. But I know there's hope," Workman said as she paused and shakily breathed out before continuing with her speech.

Many supporters among the crowd stood up and cheered to form an ovation as Workman seemed to recover and steady her voice before she could continue speaking,

"That is what this election represents for all of us who have been forgotten over the last four years: hope," she continued. "We need God in our hearts and Donald Trump back in the White House."

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Biden campaign: We're fixing 'our broken immigration system'

Kevin Munoz, a spokesperson with the Biden-Harris campaign, said the Biden administration is taking action to fix "our broken immigration system" and address the issues "our communities care most about."

In June, Biden issued an executive order triggering a shutdown in asylum processing between border crossings in response to historic increases in arrivals at the border. As a result, migrant encounters at the southern border encounters dropped by 40% in the time after the order was implemented.

The policy demonstrates a rightward shift in Biden's approach to immigration since his 2020 campaign pledge to pursue more humane policies than his predecessor, drawing criticism from some immigration experts, from more progressive Democrats and from Latino lawmakers who have accused him of turning his back on his promises from four years ago.

The Administration followed up three weeks later with new rules that make it easier for some 500,000 undocumented migrants who already qualify to obtain permanent residency status to apply without leaving the country while their application is processed.

Moreover, according to Munoz, the Trump administration was to blame for not enacting a sweeping bipartisan bill that would have allowed the federal government to shut down asylum processing during high levels of migration at the border. It would have also limited the release of migrants into the interior and reduced the length of time it takes to adjudicate asylum claims.

Trump criticized the measure on social media in an effort to deny Biden a legislative victory during an election year. As a result, Republic senators who had initially supported the bill ended up voting against it.

"Every American should know that Trump proudly killed the strongest bipartisan border bill in a generation – siding with fentanyl traffickers over the Border Patrol and our security," Munoz said.

'Forgotten no more'

During her speech, Workman also criticized what she described as "Democrat identity politics," referring to the conformation of movements that appeal to the needs and interests of particular identity groups, which she argued has caused division among Americans.

"While the left is trying to divide us with identity politics, we are here tonight because we believe that America is always, and should be, one nation under God," she said.

Workman finished her speech by addressing Americans undergoing similar life experiences to hers, saying Trump put her on the stage so that people who would resonate with her story would know that "he hears us, he sees us, and we are forgotten no more."

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Arizona mom speaks at of struggles of 'everyday Americans' at RNC