Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) appears in a 2008 video praising the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
In the video dated May 12, 2008, called "ACORN Grassroots Democracy Campaign," Brown says:
"I've met with ACORN lots of times in Ohio. They're a terrific grassroots organization that is working to connect politics with working families and low-income people and there's no higher calling than that as more low-income people are going to vote this year and help to change the direction of our country. [...] Because ACORN is so articulate and so outspoken in advocating for low income people they bring an awful of people into politics to the voting booths who wouldn't come otherwise."
Other politicians, including Sen. Robert P. Casey (D-Penn.), Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-Md.), Congressman Brad Miller (D-N.C.), also praise ACORN in the video. Political strategist and commentator Paul Begala also appears in the video, along with Congressmen Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio).