• Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
• A community-based organization in the United States
• Advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues
• Over 400,000 members and more than 1,200 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S.as well as in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and Peru
• ACORN was founded in 1970 by Wade Rathke and Gary Delgado and Maude Hurd has been National President of ACORN since 1990
• Activists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles dressed up (PIMP and Prostitute)outfits and headed to ACORN offices around the country with a hidden camera
• ACORN workers offered tips on how to hide money and falsify taxes for a prostitution operation at some locations

DAMN

• Bad PUBLICITY
• May LOSE government funding

My DAMN Opinion:

I’m surprised ACORN employees fell for this SET-UP, but it’s good they did because it exposed the character of the individuals caught on tape.   DAMN

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