Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
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Oct 9, 2026
Thomas RobbSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Why? Because this is a white nationalist church.
Phil LavelleCORRESPONDENT
This is the headquarters of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a name carrying a history of fear.
Phil LavelleCORRESPONDENT
White robes, burning crosses, lynchings of black people.
Phil LavelleCORRESPONDENT
And in 2026, its leader claims the current political climate
Sharon ReedHOST
What a prune.
Sharon ReedHOST
Longtime KKK leader says interest in the white nationalist movement is increasing ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Sharon ReedHOST
Thomas Robb, who leads the organization formerly known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, made the claim during an interview with Al Jazeera correspondent Phil Lavelle in Boone County, Arkansas.
Sharon ReedHOST
Again, I'm not trying to minimize the hate that this group has spread, the terror, the death, the fear.
CryptowiresHOST
Arkansas to see whether one of the most infamous white supremacist organizations in U.S. history had seen a bump in its influence midway through Trump's second term.
CryptowiresHOST
He spoke to Thomas Robb, the head of what was formerly known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group founded in the 1970s by David Duke.
CryptowiresHOST
Now, there's something about David Duke.
CryptowiresHOST
Uh, there's something about David Duke.
CryptowiresHOST
He proceeded to draw a distinction between the children of white and non-white immigrants.
CryptowiresHOST
Only the children of white foreigners can be American, Rob said, because they're white.
CryptowiresHOST
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is one of the dozens of white supremacist organizations operating in the U.S., the SPLC, an advocacy group.
CryptowiresHOST
No, that's more like a criminal NGO-funded group.
Justice PutnamHOST
And then you will have quick access to the actual reportage by the actual reporters, which in this case is Alexander Willis at Raw Story.
Justice PutnamHOST
Thomas Robb, a 79-year-old Arkansan and national director of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the KKK, celebrated his organization's growing support ahead of the midterms in a new interview that was published with Al Jazeera's Phil Lavelle.
Justice PutnamHOST
Support for us is growing.
Justice PutnamHOST
There is no question about that, Robb, who ultimately succeeded David Duke as leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 1989.
Justice PutnamHOST
You know the Grand Wizard.
Justice PutnamHOST
Robb is also the leader of the Christian Revival Center in Boone County in northern Arkansas, where the KKK leader said black people were not welcome.
David DukeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
74? Yeah, I got involved in a clan that already existed.
David DukeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was the Knights of the KKK.
David DukeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it was done by a very fine person.
David DukeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So you've never