It's ironic in the sense that California liberals literally let their guy get away with murder, but for a republican, they're all indignant and stuff for a much smaller offense. Not only is this ironic, it's pathetic and hypocritical as well.
I know many liberals who were extremely outspoken against Obama's illegal actions (I am one of them). I think that if you haven't encountered them, you haven't met good liberals or you haven't made an effort to ask people what their full belief set about Obama is. There was much less of an organized response than there is to Trump. Mostly because Trump has gone ahead and insulted just about everyone he possibly can, including liberals, veterans, immigrants, religious minorities, Mexicans,...
He's gone to ridiculous lengths to make enemies. He's a frickin reality TV show host, and it shows (ha). Obama, on the other hand, is a very subdued and poltician-ish figure. He colored within the lines on most public fronts, and pushed the limits in subtler and slower ways.
People holding the opposing side in politics to a different standard isn't irony. To be irony it has to be exepectedly reversed somehow.
This is called confirmation bias, and you're doing it too.
>... it's pathetic and hypocritical as well.
If you stop and engage your rational brain, you'll immediately realise that's how partisan politics works, and that both sides do it.
Yes, it's both pathetic and hypocritical, but we all do it all day long... pathetic hypocracy is part of human nature. So are plenty of admirable traits, on all sides of any argument.
