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The Father of Coughlin


Charles Edward Coughlin, more commonly known as the Father of Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest based in the Unites States. In the year, 1926, Father Coughlin became one of the first political leaders to reach his audience through radio naming it //The Hour of Power//. By the 1929 stock market crash, he had nearly 30 million listeners listening to his broadcasts. Charles gained the reputation as being the spokesperson for the "common man". Early in his radio career, Coughlin was a public supporter of FDR's New Deal plan, he supported the idea of the government regulating the entire community**.** After FDR got elected in the 1932 elections, FDR gave Coughlin the cold shoulder, ignoring the support that Coughlin made. Realizing that he was not going to play a key role in FDR's cabinet, Charles Coughlin turned on him and used his radio to attack the New Deal. Not only did Father no like FDR, he also hated Jews. In the late 1930s, he would broadcast on his radio support for some of Adolf Hitler's policies. He ended up being of the most influential men in the US.

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