Yeah, he really hammered him. He did that campaign add with the 'racist redneck truck' about to run down poor little minorities. See here:
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ralph-northam-gubernatorial-campaign-insinuated-ed-gillespie-gop-racist/
I live in VA now... sat through Ralph's obnoxious ads accusing others of being "him". Still was willing to accept he may have changed until his press conference, very strange!