[C1sc0cat]

I didn't say that :-)

I was commenting on the use of nativism by a politician whose grandfather was an immigrant.

Though over time some groups formerly seen as undesirables become honoury whites Irish German Catholics etc.

It wasn't that long ago that having a catholic president Kennedy was seen as problematic

[fetbaffe]

Sure, but how is it ironic? That is what I'm trying to figure out.

[C1sc0cat]

irony "a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result."