Dylann Roof wrote a letter to Tucker Carlson

Racist mass murderer thinks the Fox host is ‘uniquely positioned to do something great’

For the past week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been under fire for saying that white supremacy is a “hoax” —a claim made all the more outrageous by the fact that it came only days after a white supremacist killed 22 people in El Paso.

The truth is that white nationalists exist in large numbers and many happen to be fans of Carlson’s show, including Stormfront founder Don Black and neo-Nazi troll Andrew Anglin. The alt-right sees Carlson as an ally who can disseminate a more palatable version of their ideas to a mass audience.

In June, alt-right podcast host Billy Roper posted an open letter to Tucker Carlson from Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to death for the 2015 murder of nine black churchgoers in Charleston. Though it hasn’t been authenticated, the handwriting appears to match a letter he wrote to reformed skinhead Christian Piccolini.

Roof opens with “I’m aware that I am probably the last person you would like to get a letter from.” In the next paragraph, he writes: “I watch your show almost every night, and most of the time I enjoy it.”