America First Committee

American  

noun

1. a political pressure group that during 1940–41 urged the U.S. not to oppose fascism in Europe or enter World War II.

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Example Sentences

Smith, who was Huey Long's confidant in the 1930s and founded the America First Party in 1944, which was unconnected with the America First Committee.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024

Critics and isolationists like aviator Charles Lindbergh, a leader of the America First Committee, took Roosevelt to task.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The Liberty League and the America First Committee drew together dissenters who hoped to defeat Roosevelt and keep the United States out of World War II.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2021

Whereas scapegoating and targeting of Jews in the United States have persisted for many years, including by the Ku Klux Klan, the America First Committee, and by modern neo-Nazis;

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2019

In the autumn of 1940, a coalition of Americans against US entry into the second world war formed the America First Committee.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2018