UNREAL! Latino Virginia Democrat Group Calls President Trump and Republican Voters Racist, Releases Video Claim in the Target Minorities

The progressive Latino Victory Fund on Monday released a new ad that depicts supports of Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie as racists who attack minority children.



The ad shows a man driving a large pick-up truck with a Gillespie campaign sticker, a Tea Party front license plate, and a Confederate flag on the back as he chases down a pair of Latino boys, an African-American boy, and a Muslim girl wearing a hijab. The children run into an alley and attempt to climb a fence as the truck charges them, but they wake up and reveal the ordeal to be a nightmare before the vehicle hits them.



The end of the ad shows footage of white supremacists marching with tiki torches in Charlottesville, Va., as a voiceover narrates.



"Is this what Donald Trump and Ed Gillespie mean by ‘the American dream?'" the voiceover says, before it identifies the Latino Victory Fund as being behind the ad.



Latino Victory Fund president Cristóbal J. Alex said the ad, which will also air in Spanish, was created to show how Gillespie has "eagerly embraced racism and xenophobia."



"In a desperate attempt to become Virginia's next governor, Ed Gillespie has eagerly embraced racism and xenophobia. We refuse to stand by as bullies like Gillespie slander our families, call us ‘thugs' and ‘criminals,' and portray hard-working immigrants as a national security threat," Alex said, according to BlueVirginia. "Ed Gillespie has made it abundantly clear what he thinks of Latinos and immigrants, so on Election Day, our community will make it clear how we feel about him."



This is not the first time Virginia Democrats have suggested Gillespie and President Donald Trump are tied to white supremacists. Virginia Democrats and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam have attempted to make such a connection in prior ads.



According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the Latino Victory Fund has received funds from Priorities USA Action, the Service Employees International Union, and billionaire Tom Steyer, who is funding advertisements calling for Trump's impeachment. One of the Latino Victory Fund's founders is actress Eva Longoria.