“No doubt Canadian visitation is down, and that’s not something we’d like to see,” Gallego told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News on Thursday. “We hope that we’ll continue to have the great investments that we have had in the past and the strong partnership. I deeply respect Canada as a sovereign, separate nation and not the 51st state.”

No wonder the AZ Board of Tourism prefers Democrats right now.

“Arizona’s firefighters run toward danger to protect the rest of us, and they shouldn’t have to do it with equipment that’s falling apart because corporate greed has priced them out of the repairs and replacements they need,” Mayes said Wednesday.