All of which is by way of saying that for once, a Democratic-aligned outside group, the Latino Victory Fund, has released a scare-you-to-the-polls commercial that made us gasp (and stopped your Editrix’s heart). Titled “American Nightmare,” the ad shows a big black pickup with a Gillespie bumper sticker, a Confederate flag, and a “Don’t Tread On Me” front license plate chasing after a bunch of terrified minority kids like the demonic old tanker truck in Duel. It ends with the truck cornering the kids in an alley — and then we see each of the little kids waking up from the nightmare, scared but safe at home. Or are they? The ad ends with parents watching TV footage of Nazis in Charlottesville marching by tiki torch, as a voiceover asks ominously, “Is this what Donald Trump and Ed Gillespie mean by the American Dream?”

This thing is scary effective. Before you watch it, we hope you’ve got your shittin’ pants on:

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This Ad in the Virginia Governor’s Race Will Stop Your Heart (Wonkette)