Are we supposed to be impressed that this despicable ad, showing a Gillespie supporter chasing down minority children, was pulled last night after the NYC terror attack?
All along, most Democrats have been silent about the ad, and a few have actively defended it.
So, if there was nothing distasteful about it, why pull the add now?
The Latino Victory Fund pulled the plug Tuesday on a controversial ad depicting a supporter of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie as a Confederate flag-toting racist chasing minority children in a truck, hours after an attack involving a truck in New York City killed at least eight people.
The group cited “recent events” as its reasoning behind the move, but added that it is committed to running other ads against Gillespie.
“We knew our ad would ruffle feathers. We held a mirror up to the
Republican Party and they don’t like what they see,” Cristobal Alex, president of the Latino Victory Fund, said in a statement. “Given recent events, we will be placing other powerful ads into rotation that highlight the reasons we need to elect progressive leaders in Virginia.”….
A day before the attack, Tucker Carlson spoke with a liberal from the Center for American Progess, who defended the ad:
