The National Republican Senatorial Committee is pulling ads in West Virginia after it was revealed the casting call sought "hicky, blue collar" actors.

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A committee member told The Hill the ad, which supported Republican businessman John Raese's senatorial bid against Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin, will be pulled from the airwaves and has already been removed from YouTube.

The ad, which accused Manchin of being a pawn of President Barack Obama, featured three men talking about issues in a diner. The casting call for the ad called for actors with a "hicky, blue-collar look."

Manchin demanded an apology from Raese's campaign, CBS News reported.

"Not only have they been spending millions to try and buy this election with lies and distortions, we can now see once and for all what he and his friends really think of West Virginia and our people," he said. "It's offensive and it only proves that John Raese has spent too much time in the state of Florida, living in his Palm Beach mansion, and doesn't know, understand or respect the great people of this state, and what we stand for."

NRSC spokesperson Brian Walsh said the casting call was written by consulting firm Jamestown Associates.

"No one at the NRSC, or associated with the NRSC, had anything to do with the language used in this casting call," Walsh said. "We do not support it, and suffice to say, we would encourage our contractors to never work with this outside agency again."