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Hitler's American Friends - I'm a Fascist
The Union party was resoundingly defeated in the election. Coughlin disbanded the party and announced his retirement from broadcasting. This lasted until January of the next year when he said, okay if y'all want me back that bad, I'll come back. The silver shirts were active in the 1936 election as well. Kelly, their founder, had just recovered from a minor scandal. He basically defrauded shareholders in his book production company Galahad Press to fund his fascist militia fraud.