Marathon Pundit: Mark Kirk calls for the Census to cut ties with SEIU

Friday, September 25, 2009

Mark Kirk calls for the Census to cut ties with SEIU

The disgraced community organizing group ACORN has worked very closely with the Service Employees International Union. Of course SEIU is downplaying that relationship. But an elephant never forgets, which is why it's appropriate that the symbol of the Republican Party is a pachyderm.

From the Chicago Sun-Times:

Since the U.S. Senate voted 83-7 earlier this month to cut off funding for ACORN, the activist/voter registration group has become so controversial that some are calling for sanctions against groups associated with it.

The debate is invading the race for U.S. Senate in Illinois.

Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk announced Friday he will hold a news conference calling on the U.S. Census Bureau to sever its ties to Illinois' largest union, the Service Employees International Union, because, Kirk says, the group is too close to ACORN.

The union endorsed Kirk's front-running Democratic rival for the Senate seat, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, the previous day.

Up until ACORN became controversial for alleged vote fraud during last year’s presidential election, even Republican administrations funded the group.