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(CNSNews.com) – There’s a new “dividing line” in American politics, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told Fox News Wednesday night.

He noted that Election Day is the one day of the year when “normal” people have their say, while “crazy” media elites, pundits and politicians must shut up for a change and listen.

“It isn’t even left or right anymore. It’s crazy versus normal,” Rubio said:

It’s these people that run our school systems and so forth, and parents who, during the pandemic for the first time, got to see what their kids were learning because they were learning from home. And they’re, like, you’re learning what?! They’re you teaching what?! And when they spoke up, now they’re domestic terrorists.

And look, I watched with great interest about all this (media) coverage about white supremacists. In Virginia last night, as you pointed out, a Jamaican immigrant, African-American woman, was elected lieutenant governor of the state.  A Cuban-American was elected attorney general of the Commonwealth of Virginia. None of that’s being reported.

These people (leftists) are nuts. They spend all day on television and after they’re off the air talking to everybody, and they all agree with each other because they all live in one or two cities. And they literally are completely out of touch with the fact that 97 percent of the American population lives completely different lives, has completely different views, and then when election day comes, they can’t explain it, so they chalk it up to, they cheated or white supremacists or whatever. They make something up, because they can’t comprehend it.

Last night was the beginning of that pushback, and I think it’s going to continue. And you asked about the agenda here, it’s the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. These people are governing like they have a mandate to radically remake the country. It’s build back socialism.

It doesn’t matter if it’s $1.75 trillion or $3.5 trillion, they want to take control of pre-k, of child care, the only two elements of education they don’t control now. They want to take control of that. They want to hire 80,000 IRS agents, so the pushback is only going to grow.

And this administration, by the way, has been disastrous on everything, whether it’s Afghanistan, now it’s Russia threatening to invade Ukraine, Taiwan, supply chains. They can’t name you a single thing that Joe Biden has managed correctly in his first nine or ten months as president. They can’t name you one.

Rubio criticized Democrats for reversing the things Trump accomplished, “even the things that made sense,” such as the border wall.

And he noted that President Biden is shutting down oil and gas production domestically, while asking other countries to produce more: “This is crazy. If I had described this to anybody two years ago, they would say that is never going to happen. The other guys aren’t that crazy. Yes, they are,” Rubio said.

In overtime against the Steelers in the 2011 playoffs, it took just eight seconds from the time he cradled a Tim Tebow pass in his arms for him to cross the goal line and deliver one of the Broncos’ most memorable wins. During Peyton Manning’s seven-touchdown performance against the Ravens in 2013, Thomas caught a screen pass and raced away from defenders for a 78-yard score. The five-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion possessed more than straight-line speed. His hands flashed quickly to haul in Manning’s record-breaking 509th touchdown, and he would often stamp his toes down to secure another acrobatic catch.

Thomas posted incredible on-field accomplishments. He was the first receiver drafted in 2010, his prolific numbers place him high in the Broncos’ record books and he’s a surefire future Ring of Famer. We’ve remembered his accomplishments, and we’ll continue to keep his legacy alive in the days, weeks, months and years to come.

You have to understand: When I arrived in Denver as a digital media intern in May of 2016, D.T. was a big deal. He was coming off four consecutive Pro Bowl appearances with at least 1,300 receiving yards — and he seemed larger than life. 

I’d joined the Broncos right out of college, and save for a three-month stint with the Miami Herald covering the Dolphins, Florida Panthers and Miami Heat, I’d only really interacted with college athletes. I’d never worked for a team before, and I wasn’t really sure what sort of interaction I’d have with professional athletes. 

Early in my time in Denver — it was likely during the team’s offseason program — I wandered down to the cafeteria to get a coffee. As I put the cup under the machine, I felt a tap on my right shoulder. I turned to look, and there was no one there. I figured it was a coworker, but when I glanced back to my left, there was D.T., staring at the ceiling, acting like he had nothing to do with it. 

It would’ve been hard to blame him if he lived his life with resentment. He had a childhood that most could not — and do not — make it through; His mother and grandmother were arrested for non-violent drug offenses when he was 11, and they spent half his life in prison before they had their sentences commuted in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

During my first several seasons with the team, I was also responsible for taking photos on Saturday mornings before home games and as the team departed for road games. I am not a good photographer — my editor jokes that my style is “dark and blurry” — so I was often dependent on the subject to make the pictures worth using. On their way out to a Saturday walkthrough or to the bus on their way to Kansas City, San Diego or Oakland, it wasn’t unusual for players to trudge by without looking at the camera. Others would stop and want a posed photo.

Thomas had a gentler side to him, too. On those same Saturday mornings, Broncos players and coaches would bring their children to UCHealth Training Center to eat breakfast with them. D.T. also treated everyone else’s sons and daughters like they were his own. Every Saturday morning that I was in that cafeteria, Thomas would walk into the building and former Running Backs Coach and Assistant Head Coach Eric Studesville’s son, E.J., would run to Thomas.

Thomas’ community work in Denver largely revolved around helping children, as he always had time to support kids from the Broncos Boys & Girls Club, the Make-A-Wish foundation and so many other kids in need. You’ll never see a better Santa Claus than D.T. at the Boys & Girls Club holiday party.

On a day-to-day basis, D.T. was always there with a fist bump and to ask how you were doing. You could tell he always meant it, too. 

Just this summer, I saw Thomas at Manning’s Hall of Fame induction. We hadn’t really spoken since he left Denver, and there’s hundreds of staffers that likely crossed his path during his career. When D.T. saw me, he lit up and pulled me in for a hug. He had a knack for making everyone feel like they were the most important person in the room.