Dave Smith (comedian)

David Smith (born April 20, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, and libertarian political commentator.

[22] According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Smith was running the Libertarian Party's social media,[22] but he has denied this saying that he only "helped with the Twitter".

[27] He has opposed what he sees as big tech hegemony, describing it as "the biggest threat to liberty" aside from the "tyranny of COVID-19".

[28][30] Smith defended the Libertarian Party of Kentucky when it criticized proposed vaccine passports by comparing them to yellow stars that Jews were forced to wear.

[32] Smith has been noted for interviews and debates with people, such as Gavin McInnes,[33][34] Nick Fuentes, Richard Spencer, and Christopher Cantwell.

[33] The SPLC noted that Smith is Jewish and has disagreed with far-right figures on the creation of a white ethnostate and the alt-right's tactics.

[35] In an interview with Nick Gillespie, Smith defended his friendliness towards alt-right figures, saying "People who listen to my podcasts have no doubt about where I stand on all of these issues" and said that his libertarian beliefs are "the antithesis of National Socialism.