SINCLAIR LEWIS QUOTE... WRONG AND LIE!!!

When I trademarked my tagline, I did a lot of research on it and to my amazement discovered that it was never used by anyone so I grabbed it, and it has been known to tweak more than a fair share of dummies. Since we all know that the Internet doesn’t lie, I looked into a quote by Sinclair Lewis which is “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” As usual, those who do not share my political and religious ideology have resorted to LIES! Yes! I’ve said it! I don’t mince words because the other side doesn’t, so liars they are, have been, and shall always be.

 

The quote has been misattributed to Lewis and most likely originated as a partial quote by James Waterman Wise, Jr., as reported in a 1936 issue of The Christian Century that “in a recent address here before the liberal John Reed club said that Hearst and Coughlin are the two chief exponents of fascism in America. If fascism comes, he added, it will not be identified with any "shirt" movement, nor with an "insignia," but it will probably be "wrapped up in the American flag and heralded as a plea for liberty and preservation of the constitution."