America First Committee

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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

In his review of Elizabeth D. Samet’s “Looking for the Good War,” Ben Rhodes decries the often unnuanced “triumphalism” of America’s recent wars, including World War II. Citing the America First Committee formed in 1940 and its often shameful whitewashing of fascist and Nazi regimes in Europe, Rhodes evokes the triple recipients of the group’s blind eye: “fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism.”

From New York Times

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

His grandfather was a founding member of the America First Committee, which sought to keep the United States out of World War II. His uncle Henry Regnery founded Regnery Publishing, which continues to publish books by a range of conservative voices, now as an imprint of the Salem Media Group and distributed by Simon & Schuster.

From Washington Post

Regnery’s grandfather, William H. Regnery, was a founding member of the America First Committee, which sought to keep the United States out of World War II. His uncle Henry founded Regnery Publishing, which continues to publish books by a range of conservative voices, now as an imprint of the Salem Media Group and distributed by Simon & Schuster.

From Seattle Times