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<blockquote data-quote="KJ" data-source="post: 42052" data-attributes="member: 1">Legion leader Pelley called for a &quot;Christian Commonwealth&quot; in America that would combine the principles of nationalism, and theocracy, while excluding Jews and non-whites.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America#cite_note-19" target="_blank">[19]</a> He claimed he would save America from Jewish communists just as &quot;Mussolini and his Black Shirts saved Italy and as Hitler and his Brown Shirts saved Germany.&quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America#cite_note-20" target="_blank">[20]</a> Pelley ran for president of the United States in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election" target="_blank">1936 election</a> on a third-party ticket under the Christian Party banner. Pelley hoped to seize power in a &quot;silver revolution&quot; and set himself as dictator of the United States. He would be called &quot;the Chief&quot; just like other fascist world leaders who had similar titles such &quot;Der <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrer" target="_blank">Führer</a>&quot; for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" target="_blank">Adolf Hitler</a> and &quot;II Duce&quot; for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" target="_blank">Benito Mussolini</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America#cite_note-21" target="_blank">[21]</a> However, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" target="_blank">Democratic</a> President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" target="_blank">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> handily won the reelection, and Pelley failed to figure among the top four. By around 1938, the Silver Legion's membership was down to about 5,000.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America#cite_note-Bernstein-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="KJ, post: 42052, member: 1"] [B]Legion leader Pelley called for a "Christian Commonwealth" in America that would combine the principles of nationalism, and theocracy, while excluding Jews and non-whites.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America#cite_note-19'][19][/URL] He claimed he would save America from Jewish communists just as "Mussolini and his Black Shirts saved Italy and as Hitler and his Brown Shirts saved Germany."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America#cite_note-20'][20][/URL] Pelley ran for president of the United States in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election']1936 election[/URL] on a third-party ticket under the Christian Party banner. Pelley hoped to seize power in a "silver revolution" and set himself as dictator of the United States. He would be called "the Chief" just like other fascist world leaders who had similar titles such "Der [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrer']Führer[/URL]" for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler']Adolf Hitler[/URL] and "II Duce" for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini']Benito Mussolini[/URL].[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America#cite_note-21'][B][21][/B][/URL] However, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)']Democratic[/URL] President [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt']Franklin D. Roosevelt[/URL] handily won the reelection, and Pelley failed to figure among the top four. By around 1938, the Silver Legion's membership was down to about 5,000.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America#cite_note-Bernstein-7'][7][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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