There is a difference. The difference is that the WHCD is reserved for the glitterati while air travel is open to schlubs of every stripe. And only one of those two groups is typically “managed” with mandates.

Secretary Pete rarely looks caught off-guard by a question but Bret Baier managed to pull it off last night. Why are you and Biden attending an event with superspreader potential this weekend that doesn’t require masks, Baier asked, while you’re fighting in court to require masking on planes and trains? “Most of us understand the difference between a hotel ballroom and an airplane,” a glib Buttigieg replied, not really answering.

The difference between a crowded ballroom and a crowded airplane is that the airplane is certainly safer. Do “most of us” truly understand that? Watch.