If you have started watching politics this election you may be stunned to hear former President Donald Trump referred to as a fascist, Nazi and Hitler, but this phenomenon is not unique.

Fox News host Pete Hegseth explained to viewers that Democrats have been using this rhetoric for decades when he spoke to Speaker of the House and Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson.

“All the way back to Barry Goldwater, and even before that, in the [1948] Truman race, Republicans have been called “Hitler” or “fascists” or “tyrants.” From Nixon to Reagan — I mean, Gerald Ford and Mitt Romney are about as moderate as you can get, and they’re called Hitler,” the host said.

“But with Donald Trump it is different, let’s be real here, those were maybe one-offs. This is their slogan. This is the blood red dripped, you know, Independence Hall with the Marines behind him saying it’s a ‘threat to democracy.’ This is the characterization they have made. There have been two assassination attempts, and they’re not going to stop,” he said.

The Speaker, who last week issued a rare joint press release with Republican Senate Minority Leader and Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell in which they admonished the campaign of Democrat presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris for the rhetoric she has been using, concurred with the host.

“And that’s the dangerous part about this. When this election is over, you want people to unite. All the language they’re using right now is they want the keep fighting. And when you have two assassination attempts, we do not want the next president of the United States to be fearing for their life every single day. What does that do to the nation?” the Speaker said.

“Think about this president who went back to Butler. That was to help heal the nation. The other party is encouraging even more of this rhetoric and more direction in the wrong place that we need at this moment in time,” he said.