On social media, there have recently been some claims that Thomas Robb, the national director of the KKK, has passed away.

The unsubstantiated news article, which cites a tweet from use @thatsfetty as the source, is what sparked the online rumors. The tweet subtly reports that the white supremacist from Arkansas has died at the age of 77, but it offers no hard proof to support the enormous claim.

Social media claims about the death of the KKK head elicited a wide range of reactions from internet users, with many even praising the news.

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Who is Thomas Robb?

Thomas Robb is a white supremacist, Ku Klux Klan leader, and Christian Identity pastor from the United States. Robb grew up in Tucson, Arizona.

He is the National Director of The Knights Party, better known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which he took over in 1989.

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Robb was the pastor of the Christian Revival Center in Zinc, Arkansas, as of December 2022, a Christian Identity center where he advocated racism and antisemitism.

Robb took over the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which had been led by David Duke, in 1989. In order to obtain public approval, he changed his title to “National Director” rather than “Imperial Wizard,” and renamed the group “The Knights Party.”

He also opted to accept members using mail-in applications rather than initiation procedures, which had previously been standard Klan practice.

In the PBS documentary Banished, Robb equated a Klan hood to a businessman’s tie, arguing that “it’s just tradition.”

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The “white nationalist” band Heritage Connection was founded in 2009 by Rachel Pendergraft, Robb’s daughter, and Charity and Shelby Pendergraft, his grandchildren.

Robb, who contends that “the Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, and kindred people are the people of the Bible,” published a piece in The Crusader in 2016 endorsing Trump. The Trump campaign, however, criticized the report without delay.

Thomas Robb has openly published racist statements about people of different ethnicities throughout the years.