Such libertarians generally try to explain that they are not isolationists, but non-interventionists. This strengthened the position of isolationists and non-interventionists in the country. They remained staunch isolationists deeply opposed to any involvement in Europe. Truman's Cold War policies had the support of most conservatives except for the remaining isolationists. Isolationists such as Coughlin acquired a reputation for sympathizing with the enemy. Isolationists seized upon the meetings to decry British meddling in American political affairs. Eventually, the social unrest stirred by isolationists and explorers exploded in a full-blown civil war. Even the isolationists who opposed war in Europe supported a hard-line against Japan. The America First movement was a bipartisan coalition of isolationists. He was one of the most effective of the diehard isolationists in the Senate. The Isolationists were horrified and realized they had finally been defeated by the Queen Consort. Isolationists believed that the safety of the nation was more important than any foreign war. In the 1942 election, Fish, like other former isolationists, was considered vulnerable. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey from New York - were all isolationists to varying degrees.