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."

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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 as a result of those policies, drugs are now more widely available in the U.S.

"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."

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."

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