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Democrats Praised the Now-Pulled Anti-Gillespie Ad Depicting Violent Driver

Before Tuesday’s terrorist attack in New York City, Democrats lauded the progressive Latino Victory Fund’s ad that depicted a supporter of Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie as a violent racist who chased minority kids with a pickup truck.

The Latino Victory Fund pulled the ad following the attack in Manhattan, where a suspected terrorist killed eight people and injured nearly a dozen others by driving a rental truck down a bike path. The group also released a statement describing why it canceled the ad.

"We knew our ad would ruffle feathers. We held a mirror up to the Republican Party, and they don’t like what they see," said Cristóbal J. Alex, president of the Latino Victory Fund. "We have decided to pull our ad at this time. Given recent events, we will be placing other powerful ads into rotation that highlight the reasons we need to elect progressive leaders in Virginia."

Before the ad was pulled, Democratic activists and operatives praised it as moving and accurate.

Former Hillary Clinton spokesman and former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee official Jesse Ferguson called the ad one of the most "powerful" he has watched.

Hispanic Media Director for the DCCC Javier Gamboa also called the ad "powerful."

Markos Moulitsas, founder of the liberal Daily Kos, appeared to revel in the anger expressed by Gillespie and other Republicans at the ad.

Daily Kos staff writer Gabe Ortíz endorsed the ad and said communities of color in Virginia and the country live in fear.

Host and managing editor of TV One’s daily morning show "News One Now" Roland Martin said the ad was "brutal" and that Gillespie needed to explain his stance on Confederate statues.

Here is the Latino Victory Fund ad.

Gillespie said Tuesday that donations have tripled since the controversial ad was released.

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam’s campaign has made previous attempts to paint the Gillespie campaign as racially charged. One mailer from Virginia Democrats, including the Northam campaign, tied Gillespie to white nationalists who protested in Charlottesville, Va. earlier this year.

Former Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon tweeted a picture of the white nationalist protest in Charlottesville and said it was a "live look" at a Gillespie campaign strategy meeting.

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