AHC and WI: Father Coughlin's Christian Front Successful

Coughlin was never a member of the Christian Front, much less a leader, and by 1938 his star was on the decline anyway. Move your POD back to the 1936 election and there's more likelihood of influence.
 
^^Alright then, just a more successful Christian Front -- not looking for a full coup necessarily here; say their planned attacks (11 Congressmen kills, et el) go through...
 

Dialga

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If Coughlin and co. end up killing 11 Congressmen like they wanted, then their asses would be handed to them faster than you could say "Jerry Falwell".

Killing high-ranking officials is a good way to doom your cause.
 
I don't know -- I've always wondered, for example, if anyone in the anti-communist hysteria following WWII said "Father Coughlin was right", and if not, what might have made it possible?

Maybe if the Federal Government did take stronger measures to silence him (possibly arresting him in the aftermath of successful attacks?)...
 
No, he is right. If he succeeds in killing 11 congressmen his cause is toast. There will be mass arrests and everyone known to be part of his cause will at least be under investigation and many, if not most, in prison. He will also be defrocked and almost certainly excommunicated by the Catholic Church. It can't be seen as condoning political assassinations in the name of the church by that time.
 
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