A controversial political ad that shows a supporter of the GOP's gubernatorial hopeful in Virginia, Ed Gillespie, trying to mow down Latino and Muslim children with his pick-up truck has been taken offline – on the heels of the very real New York City truck terror attack.

'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 Cristobal J. Alex, the president of Latino Victory Project, the group that financed the ad.

However, Alex added, 'We have decided to pull our ad at this time,' he acknowledged, citing 'recent events.'

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The ad showed a white driver in a pick-up truck, who was flying the confederate flag and had adorned his bumper with an Ed Gillespie for governor sticker

The Latino Victory Fund's ad showed a close up to the Confederate flag - as the truck's engined revved

GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie's name is seen as the pick-up truck rushes past - causing immigrant children in the neighborhood to run

The infamous images from Charlottesville's white supremacist rally were also shown, as the ad advises voters to 'reject hate'

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (left) strongly condemned the ad at the briefing Tuesday, as it attacked Republican Ed Gillespie (right), who is running for governor of Virginia

Tuesday afternoon, a 29-year-old man identified as Sayfullo Saipov used a rented Home Depot van to run over cyclists and joggers in New York, killing eight and leaving several others injured.

The political ad showed a white driver behind the wheel of a Chevy truck, which was decorated with a Gillespie for governor decal and a 'Don't Tread on Me' sticker, a sign of Tea Party support.

The truck also featured an oversized confederate flag.

One child is heard yelling 'Run! Run! Run!' as a number of non-white kids, including a girl wearing an Islamic head scarf, take off as the truck revs.

Before it hits them, however, the children wake up safe in their beds, as the ad asks Virginia voters to 'reject hate.'

Even before the terror attack, the White House on Tuesday was particularly incensed by the ad.

'Frankly, the only people I see stoking political racism right now are the people in the groups that are running ads like the one you saw take place in Virginia earlier this week,' Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at Tuesday's press briefing.

She was dealing with her own racially-tinged controversy, after Chief of Staff John Kelly called Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee an 'honorable man' and said the Civil War was caused by a 'lack of compromise.'

She pointed to the Virginia ad, which suggests Virginians should vote for Democratic candidate Ralph Northam, though legally can't make the case, and said, 'That's the type of thing that I really think is a problem.'

While Latino Victory Fund pulled down the ad, it kept up a tweet that said, 'It turns out that racists really, really don't like being called racist.'

The group pointed to an article on the Root's website headlined: 'Va. Governor’s Race: Conservatives Shed White Tears After Political Ad Calls Out Ed Gillespie’s Racist Ads,' in which writer Jason Johnson argues that the Latino Victory Fund's pick-up truck spot was in response to Gillespie's already-racist campaign ads.

Gillespie played up one of President Trump's most popular talking points – illegal immigration – which the president used to kick off his campaign back in 2015.

'Ralph Northam cast the deciding vote on sanctuary cities that let illegal immigrants who commit crimes back on the street,' the ad blared, warning Virginians of gangs like MS-13.

Gillespie, a well-known Washington, D.C., lobbyist and former chair of the Republican National Committee, also warned that Northam would 'take our statues down.'

The Latino Victory Fund also brings that issue in by showing imagery of the white supremacists, neo-Nazis and KKK members marching on Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, a gathering they say was inspired by the threat that a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue was being taken down.

'Is this what Donald Trump and Ed Gillespie mean by the American dream?' the controversial ad's narrator says, as the familiar imagery of white supremacists carrying tiki torches plays.

It then asks for Virginians to vote on November 7.