After Saturdays assassination attempt, some Republicans blamed Democrat talking points about Donald Trump for expanding extremism.

"When President Trump is framed as you know, Hitler, and 'he's going to end democracy’, it's no surprise that that level of violence is happening,” said Rep. Seth Grove (R-York).

When asked if Democrats should adjust their ‘democracy is at risk’ motto, Senator Bob Casey countered that it was a legitimate conversation.

“If we're not debating the issue of voting rights in this country, and not debating the impact that that bad policy on voting rights can have on democracy, then what the hell are we doing?” said Casey.

Paul Elliott Johnson, a professor from the University of Pittsburgh that studies political rhetoric, said both major political parties use extreme or ‘apocalyptic’ rhetoric; but offer different solutions to the problem.

“As long as these Democratic politicians are pairing it with things like you know, ‘Republican parties that are a threat to democracy and that's why we need, to vote’,” said Johnson.

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"They're often talking about it like something that's happened to the national spirit or the soul,” said Johnson. "You know, like, there's something about our nation that's been broken, and the only way to fix it is to install a strong leader."

Johnson says extreme rhetoric can lead to positive or negative impacts.

“It can get people motivated to do things that kind of counters with democratic action [like voting, calling elected officials, protesting],” said Johnson. "But apocalyptic rhetoric can also sometimes… especially when it's being you know, deployed to a constituency who already has this very heightened sense of victim hood and injury— It can also contribute to political extremism.”

As campaign season ramps up, both sides say all candidates should weigh their words wisely.

“Every candidate, every elected official has to make a determination about the language that they use,” said Casey.

“There are people out there that just want to stand up at a lectern and beat it and scream and shout and not actually do any work to better the common,” said Grove. “And that's both sides of the aisle.”

We are less than 4 months away from November's presidential election.