In 2015 a prominent Republican said this of Trump:

"In the 1840’s the 'Know Nothings' emerged as a political movement, scapegoating Irish and German immigrants for the problems of the nation...
2/ "...They were obsessively anti-Catholic, so much so that when the Pope sent marble for the building of the Washington Monument, they smashed it to pieces and helped delay its construction for 35 years...
3/ "...These people built nothing, created nothing. They existed to cast blame and tear down certain institutions. To give outlet to anger. Donald Trump is the modern-day incarnation of the know-nothing movement."
4/ That Republican? Texas Gov. Rick Perry who went on to become Secretary of Energy for Trump.

(hat tip to @BenjySarlin for remembering this)

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