The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem mschine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family...has called the smoke from Canadian wildfires in the eastern U.S. "another stark reminder of the impacts of climate change" and said cabinet officials are monitoring the impact on travel and air quality.
More than 600 firefighters and other personnel from the U.S. have been deployed to Canada to respond to the wildfires there, Biden said in a statement Thursday, adding that he offered additional help to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
...hereditary prime minister of the Great White North...
Jeffrey Rupert, director of the Office of Wildland Fire for the Interior Department, told a Senate hearing that the U.S. and Canada have long shared firefighting resources, and that Canada has supported the U.S. "during really difficult times."
The U.S. Forest Service has more than 200 people on the ground in Canada, said John Winn, an agency front man. An additional 170 personnel from other agencies are also deployed, he said. Since the start of the crisis, 648 wildland fire personnel have mobilized, he said, but around half have finished their assignments and returned home.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 47.50915 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...
, of New York, urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to "double the number" of Forest Service personnel deployed to fight the fires in Canada.