A 2020 Joe Biden campaign ad described the pending election as an âopportunity to leave the dark, angry politics of the past behind us.â After Bidenâs election, he, Democrats and media urge a âreturn to civility.â But when did the Democrats practice the very civility to which they seek to return? Letâs go to the videotape: When Barry Goldwater accepted the 1964 Republican nomination, Californiaâs Democratic Gov. Pat Brown said, âThe stench of fascism is in the air.â Former Rep. William Clay Sr., D-Mo., said President Ronald Reagan was âtrying to replace the Bill of Rights with fascist precepts lifted verbatim from âMein Kampf.ââ