tough as nails

She was tough as nails and also seemed to be a pretty savvy politician.

Speakers at the Democratic National Convention tried to flip the script on Republican criticism of their immigration record, praising the Biden administration's efforts and calling Kamala Harris "tough as nails" on the issue.

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, the lead Democratic negotiator who helped broker the measure that failed in Congress in February, said Ms Harris has been "tough as nails" on illegal immigration, pushing back on Republican accusations that she "opened the border" to unchecked migration.

"He's tough as nails but I just hit too hard and he took a lot of damage," said Paul.

When I was coming up you had to be tough as nails to play basketball in Baltimore City.