Princeton historian Sean Wilentz, one of a group who met with President Biden recently, takes a subtly devastating swipe at Sen. Marco Rubio that probably went over Rubio's close-to-the-ground head for characterizing the academics' as urging the president to stop allowing “working everyday people and their common sense” to “play a role in our decision-making.” Prof. Wilentz:

According to Rubio, those in attendance, including myself, are “elitists” and “snobs.” According to his account of our conversation, for which he obviously was not present...

Marco, get up off the floor, you didn't have that far to fall.