I’ve often had rewarding conversations with various ‘turnip people’.
Intellect isn’t everything, and there are good and kind people who may not be intellectually outstanding - but they possess great human *wisdom*.
If I had to choose, I’d personally go for humble human wisdom over intellect, in most situations.
Jackson Lee’s problem is that she fails on all of those fronts.
“...there are good and kind people who may not be intellectually outstanding ...”
I know some less-than-brightest-bulb-in-the-pack folks too, and you are correct regarding them.
But they’re not who we’re talking about here.