A former senior adviser to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE is suggesting that it’s ironic that Democrats, now portrayed by Republicans as “an angry mob of terrorists,” had been dismissed by conservatives as “the party of snowflakes.”

Philippe Reines said on "Fox News Sunday" that the turnaround is confusing.

“First, sitting here as a Democrat, I am confused because prior to a few weeks ago, I was the snowflake of the party of snowflakes. Suddenly, we are in an angry mob of terrorists,” he said to Fox’s Chris Wallace in response to a question about whether the GOP portrayal of Democrats as a mob could hurt the party in the midterm elections.

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“To the point you are asking, it doesn’t really matter at this point whether we are as rageful as billed because we've been billed as rageful,” he added.

Reines then said he would side with those in the Democratic Party who have pressed for a more aggressive approach to Republicans.

“I would say the notion when we go high, stay high, that should have died on Nov. 8, 2016,” he said, referring to the day President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE was elected. “I'm definitely in the Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder Eric Himpton HolderThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump's rally risk | Biden ramps up legal team | Biden hits Trump over climate policy Biden campaign forming 'special litigation' team ahead of possible voting battle Pompeo, Engel poised for battle in contempt proceedings MORE camp. The anger among the Democratic Party is genuine.”



Clinton last week said “the time for civility is over” when dealing with Republicans, while Holder, the former attorney general under President Obama, declared that when Republicans go low, “we kick them.”

Both Holder and Clinton were suggesting a different approach than former first lady Michelle Obama Michelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaBlack stars reimagine 'Friends' to get out the vote Obama shares phone number to find out how Americans are planning to vote Michelle Obama: 'Don't listen to people who will say that somehow voting is rigged' MORE’s call that “when they go low, we go high.”

--This report was updated at 2:18 p.m.