Cokie and the gang just can't grasp the concept of "flyover country," which to them consists only of ignorant uneducated racist white male trailer trash. I'm an educated white woman who easily could support any number of female candidates (from Fiorina to Haley, with many in between) but "couldn't handle" having that corrupt, lying, brain-damaged woman - Hillary - as president.
It was an insulting comment, to be sure.
I'd have voted for a Margaret Thatcher in a heartbeat.
Here in my lil' ole backwards part of the flyover swamp, where women stay barefoot and pregnant, we are home to:
NASA
Texas Medical Center, the largest of its kind.( Google Dr. Red Duke, Dr. Michael DeBakey, and M.D. Anderson sometime).
The petrochemical industry.
Rice University.
Etc.