Dallas Escorts: Fort Worth ACORN Office Closed; Offices Statewide Temporarily Stop …
She and others say support has poured in for their non-partisan group that works to help low-income people, many of whom traditionally lean Democrat, as controversy swirls nationwide about a hidden video disseminated to news organizations.
“Most people see this for what it is,” said Bonnie Mathias of Dallas, a member on ACORN’s national board. “It’s a political attack on working families.”
On a hidden-camera video released Monday, two ACORN employees are seen apparently advising a couple that was posing as a prostitute and her pimp to lie about her profession and launder her earnings. The video was the latest in a series that has already led to the firing of four ACORN employees in Baltimore and Washington. It was created by James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles and posted on BigGovernment.com, where O’Keefe identifies himself as an activist filmmaker.