Monica Conyers vs. 8th Grader Kierra Bell
My Faith in America’s Youth is Strengthened
Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers [D], wife of powerful Democrat Congressman John Conyers, recently had an immature outburst at the Detroit City Council. During her tantrum, she even referred to Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. as “Shrek.”
Not long after, Councilwoman Conyers had an educational sit down with a small group of young girls, eager to learn about the halls of government. During that session, Conyers gets taken to the woodshed by a smart and well spoken eighth grade girl named Kierra Bell.
Here’s to you, Miss Bell! Thanks for being the smart, moral, and mature person in this exchange! Please remember that not all adults are as immature, disrespectful, and foolish as Monica Conyers. When most of us do wrong, we don’t try to justify it like she did.
Thanks for holding her accountable, and congratulations on being her intellectual master!
EPILOGUE
Found this nice follow up story that shows that young Kierra Bell hasn’t let the attention get to her head:
Students receive award for schooling Conyers
Also of interest:
Wow, what an impressive young lady! Talk about having clarity. She said it like it is. Hooray, Kierra!
I agree and am also very impressed by young Kierra Bell. Maybe Detroit has a bright future?
Oh, and Monica Conyers is an embarrassment. She needs to step back and take a look at her childish behavior. “C’mon baby” and Shrek in a council meeting?!? She expects to be taken seriously by acting this way?
Monica Conyers is awful. Simply dreadful. Trying to justify her conduct. It is amusing seeing seeing Conyers realize she is in over her head and unable to match withs with Miss Bell.
Yeah! If Kierra ever decides to offer us change — I’ll believe in it! And how dumb was it to have a press event over this with kids? Given that kids can be disarmingly frank, she Conyers was asking for trouble. And I couldn’t be happier she found it!
Well said. I’d wish Kierra a great career in politics, but I suspect she will do a lot better than that!
And Mrs. Conyers is a genuine dimwit – her befuddled look as Kierra takes her to task is priceless! And it’s also amusing to see that all of Conyers attempts at evasion (which would be enough to distract the typical adult journalist) simply don’t work with young Kierra!
“And so we’re all human, right?” “And everybody has choices.” Big whoop, Einstein, but what does that have to do with what we’re talking about?
All this could have been avoided if Conyers simply had taken the high road and opened up by telling the young people that what she did was wrong and that there was no excuse for it. Instead, she tries to look all sophisticated and thoughtful, unsure if what she did was wrong. If she really is unsure, she has no business in the halls of government, and certainly no business lecturing the adults of tomorrow!