ACORN leader defends community organizing group at National Press Club . The Associated Press contributed to this report. This is not how we have discourse , ' `` she said , making reference to the familiar phrase from McCarthy-era hearings in the 1950s : `` Are you now or have you ever been a communist ? '' ACORN 's Bertha Lewis says group targeted due to its voter registration efforts . Lewis : ACORN has responded properly to allegations , fired workers in videos .
ACORN leader defends community organizing group at National Press Club . The Associated Press contributed to this report. ACORN 's Bertha Lewis says group targeted due to its voter registration efforts . Lewis : ACORN has responded properly to allegations , fired workers in videos .