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Oct 9, 2026
Doug DavisHOST
And finally, an Arkansas white supremacist organization is attempting to broaden its appeal ahead of the midterms.
Doug DavisHOST
The leader of an Arkansas faction associated with the KKK, Thomas Robb, tells aljazeera.com that the Knights of the KKK will now be known as the Knights Party, distancing itself from the familiar label.
Doug DavisHOST
His title of Grand Wizard is now changed to National Director.
Doug DavisHOST
Robb says because of the flip, there's growing support of the organization ahead of the midterms.
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.
Sharon ReedHOST
But these are clowns with too much time on their hands.
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.
Philip DeFrancoHOST
Because for the last decade, you've had experts warning about how right-wing politics and social media, they're feeding into this revival of white supremacy.
Philip DeFrancoHOST
And now, you're getting reports from actual Klan leaders like Pastor Thomas Robb, claiming that it's given their numbers a boost as well.
Philip DeFrancoHOST
And Robb, he's the head of what used to be called the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Philip DeFrancoHOST
But now, you've got them shortening that to the Knights Party, saying that they're rebranding to focus on family and faith.
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.
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Is it heartening for you to see someone like anti-immigration Pauline Hanson doing well in Australia? Yeah, it's encouraging, absolutely.
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This is Tom Robb.
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My comrades, my friends.
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And he agreed to speak to me.
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Is it heartening for you to see someone like anti-immigration Pauline Hanson doing well in Australia? Yeah, it's encouraging, absolutely.
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This is Tom Robb.
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My comrade, my friend.
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And he agreed to speak to me.
Caleb BondHOST
And who's taking seriously the words of anyone who calls himself a grand wizard anyway? Yeah, I know.
Caleb BondHOST
And Nine's national news director has come out this evening and he's told News 24, as the documentary makes clear, the reference to One Nation and Pauline Hanson was raised, unprompted by Ku Klux Klan leader Tom Robb.
Caleb BondHOST
But that's not the point.
Caleb BondHOST
The issue is not that he raised it.
Sharri MarksonHOST
But now let's look at One Nation because Pauline Hanson has accused Channel 9 of hitting a new low by platforming a senior member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Sharri MarksonHOST
A Nine reporter travelled to Arkansas to interview Thomas Robb.
Sharri MarksonHOST
He's known as the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Sharri MarksonHOST
Have a look.
Anneke DemanueleHOST
And then later on in the article, so the article goes on to talk about like who's supporting Pauline Hanson.
Anneke DemanueleHOST
And one of the people that they mentioned is the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Thomas Robb, who recently told new nine years that Hanson's rise was encouraging and that she's demonized by the same people that demonize us.
Anneke DemanueleHOST
So it's coming straight out of the mouths of the fucking Nazis, man.
Anneke DemanueleHOST
Like they see themselves on the same terrain as Hanson, but just,
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