( CNN ) -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman called it stupid . His rival Ron Paul denounced it . But perhaps most appalled by a `` China Jon '' ad on YouTube were Hindus in America . An amateurish video posted by self-characterized Paul supporter NHLiberty4Paul questions Huntsman 's `` American values , '' shows Huntsman , a former ambassador to China , speaking in Mandarin and calls him the `` Manchurian Candidate . '' So why is that so offensive to Hindus ? The ad also shows images of Huntsman with his two adopted daughters -- one from China and the other , India . The Huntsmans adopted Indian daughter Asha Bharati from the western state of Gujarat in 2006 . The ad asks : `` Share our values ? A man of faith ? '' as a photograph flashes of Huntsman with an infant Asha Bharati . Both are a wearing a red tikka , a mark associated with the sacred and often seen on foreheads at Hindu ceremonies and temples . The Hindu American Foundation objected to the insinuations made in the video . `` This deplorable ad is blatantly racist and religiously intolerant , and crosses all lines of acceptable political discourse , '' said Suhag Shukla , the foundation 's managing director and legal counsel . `` Instead of vilifying Governor Huntsman , he should be applauded for being open-minded enough to raise his adopted daughter as a Hindu , '' she said . Huntsman , a Mormon , is raising Asha `` to learn about and appreciate her native culture and the faiths associated with it , '' his spokesman told CNN last summer . The advertisement was posted on YouTube earlier this week . An e-mail attempt to reach NHLiberty4Paul was not immediately successful . A description accompanying the video states that `` Ron Paul is the only authentic conservative in this race , and the only one capable of bringing authentic change to Washington . He is the only sole alternative to flip-floppers responsible for the costly mistakes of the past . '' At a campaign stop Friday in Concord , New Hampshire , Huntsman told reporters that Paul should disavow the ad . `` If the group is in any way affiliated with his organization , of course he should , '' Huntsman said . `` It 's just political campaign nonsense . It happens from time to time . '' He described how his Chinese daughter Gracie Mei was found abandoned in a vegetable market and taken to an orphanage as a newborn . Now 12 , Gracie Mei is a fixture on the Huntsman campaign . The GOP contender often endearingly refers to her as his top foreign policy adviser . In all , the Huntsmans have seven children . `` To attack a candidate 's family , particularly his young daughters , is completely unacceptable and should be denounced by all Americans , '' said Samir Kalra , director of the Hindu Foundation . Paul , meanwhile , told CNN that he disavowed the ad and had no control of his supporters ' actions . `` Of course I denounce it ... but people do that , and they do it in all campaigns , '' Paul said . CNN 's Jim Acosta contributed to this report .
Written by a Ron Paul supporter , the ad questions Paul 's faith . It shows him speaking Mandarin and with his two adoptive daughters . ` ` A man of faith ? '' the ad asks before a photo of Huntsman with his adopted daughters . A Hindu supporter called the ad racist and intolerant .