Would Steve Rogers ever have been a fan of Father Coughlin?

I don’t know if he would have been a fan, per se. But as an Irish Catholic with leftish political leanings, he certainly would have been familiar with the Little Flower’s radio broadcasts. 

But I think Rogers would have turned against Coughlin pretty early on – Coughlin started attacking FDR’s New Deal in 1934, by 1936 Coughlin’s anti-communism led him to support Franco in Spain, and between ‘36-38, Coughlin went all-in on his anti-semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion/Jewish Bankers are Bolsheviks theory. 

Given Rogers’ strong anti-fascist tendencies, I think he would have broken with Coughlin in ‘36 if not before. 

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