A Republican group in Alabama is apologizing after it says racist imagery was by accident posted to its Facebook page, CBS News reports.

In a web-based post naming the brand new county chairman, Shanon Terry, the Lawrence County Republican Party shared the image, which depicted the Republican National Committee elephant logo and three figures drawn to resemble hooded Klansmen in between its legs.

The group says it intended to post a picture of the GOP elephant on its Facebook page. As an alternative, it used a photograph that outraged each residents and state officials.

“I would love to supply a deep and sincere apology for an image that temporarily appeared on this page last night. A google search picture of a GOP elephant was used and later found to have hidden images that don’t represent the views or beliefs of the Lawrence County Republican Party,” Terry wrote in a Facebook post apologizing for the usage of the image.

The image was initially utilized in a  Mother Jones article accusing the GOP of racism in 2020. Terry is a member of the Lawrence County School Board, in line with CBS News affiliate WHNT, and has stated that he is not going to resign. 

State Rep. Anthony Daniels, a Democrat representing Alabama’s 53rd congressional district and the state’s youngest and first African American Minority Leader, tweeted, “Shame on the Lawrence County Republican Party for this disgusting image.” 

The group’s Facebook page was deleted as of Thursday evening.