Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., joins 'Your World' to react to Colorado taking former President Trump off its ballot and President Biden's border crisis.

Two weeks ago, I stopped at the Hy-Vee grocery store off Pioneers Boulevard in Lincoln. I’d spent the day traveling back from meeting with Nebraskans in North Platte, Kearney and Grand Island – a long day on Interstate 80.

On my way in, an older gentleman recognized me and told me his story. He had lived right, paid his taxes on time, and contributed to Social Security his whole life. But now, that fixed income was buying less milk, fewer eggs and hardly any beef.

This wasn’t the future he’d expected. I thanked him for his thoughts, and as he walked away, he said, "Oh, and can you also fix that damn border?"

Sen. Deb Fisher speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

All Americans, and Nebraskans especially, don’t need much to be happy. We take care of ourselves, and we work hard. But we do expect a safe place to raise a family, and a fair shot at earning a decent living – or at least enough to pay for housing, food and the occasional Huskers game.

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When my husband Bruce and I raised our family on the family ranch in Cherry County, things were different. Bringing up a family is hard work, but groceries were more affordable, and we knew that the police would keep the streets safe, all while the best military in the world protected our borders and our freedoms.

But as everyone now knows, including the gentleman in the parking lot of Hy-Vee, that’s not the America we’re living in anymore.

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