Leftists or more accurately Alinksy Marxists do not lie they purposely mislead. The end always justifies the means and 2 wrongs always make a right.
The authors of the fist history books after the war said the conservatives were the last hold outs against the Nazis.
I had "discussions" about this with one of my high school "history" teachers way back in 1972.
Democrats have been using this lie in name calling against republicans or anyone who disagrees with them for over 50 years.