Can America turn fascist during the Great Depression?

To me, there are several possibilities of America going fascist.

1) The Klan never dies out: The POD is D.C. Stephenson avoiding the party where he met Madge Oberholtzer. His rape and torture of Madge destroyed the Klan's reputation. If it survives into the Great Depression, it could evolve into a charity group helping poor Southerners, and possibly creating even more hell for Jim Crow African Americans.

2) FDR's assassination in Chicago brings John Nance Garner, an unrepentant Magnolia democrat, to power. He refusal to solve the Depression creates enough anarchy to unleash fascism.

3) Charles Coughlin choosing politics instead of radio. That man was the Alex Jones of the 1930s, only he had more people who took him seriously.
 
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