know-nothing

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Equally as edifying is Lincoln’s 1858 “electric cord” speech, which explicitly confronted Know-Nothing xenophobia.

From The Wall Street Journal

His know-nothing rabble-rousing appalled progressives who otherwise admired him for his principled stands against the Vietnam War and in favor of campaign finance reform.

From Los Angeles Times

As much as Forrest is a know-nothing, except when it comes to knowing what love is, he’s also a do-nothing when it comes to acknowledging systemic wrongdoing.

From Salon

In 1856, former President Millard Fillmore, then the Know-Nothing candidate for president, won 21.6 percent of the popular vote and eight electoral votes.

From Slate

In the 1850s the anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party elected governors and state legislators.

From Slate