I'm from the deep South! I'ma travel up there to Call out SeanO for ASSociating with her! Will they let me in? Or do I have to be from MICHIGAN?
Saying you are from the deep South is not a positive thing above SC, GA, TN, AR, or TX (as OK views anyone living below the red river with disdain). Northerners view people like that as unpatriotic traitors that need monuments to try to rewrite history and make them feel less like losers (unless you go to FL where the farther south you go the more it becomes like NY). And seeing as how your accent will give you away in about 10 seconds....you'll be met with the same disdain.
In words you can understand the response would be....oh, well bless your soul anyways child.
Given that. Why bother driving 14+ hours to say one paragraph and everyone looks at you and realizes how dumb you look.
You might not like her entire slate of political decisions; but, she led a push to reverse RTW in the state of Michigan. It has now passed and once the legislature breaks session will go into effect in 90 days. She also led the charge to get rid of the pension tax on retirees. So that's former UPS'ers and current UPS'ers in the state that will benefit.
Seeing as this meeting is about UPS and the upcoming labor negotiations: it is a plus to have political figures that are willing to attend your rallies. If Trump wants to get on stage and talk about how he gave UPS'ers the most work in their lifetimes by ignoring a threat from China until it was too late and how he'll give UPS more work in the future....let him on too.