SMITH
David

• 1. Career

David Smith is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, and libertarian political commentator. He has frequently appeared on Fox News Channel's Kennedy and The Greg Gutfeld Show.

Additionally, he was a recurring panelist on CNN's S.E. Cupp: Unfiltered.

Smith is a member of the Mises Caucus of the Libertarian Party. Smith hosts the libertarian podcast Part of the Problem. Smith has criticized some COVID-19 policies, such as vaccine passports.

Career

In 2013, Smith was featured as one of the New Faces at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. He was a featured performer on the New York Comedy Festival's "New York's Funniest" showcase in 2014 and 2015.

He hosts the Part of the Problem podcast and cohosts the comedy podcast Legion of Skanks. According to PorcFest, Part of the Problem is one of the top two libertarian podcasts in the world. On Part of the Problem, Smith has interviewed political figures such as Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Smith has also made repeated appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience and Timcast and is considered to be a close friend of Rogan's.

On September 11, 2017, Smith released his first comedy special, Libertas.

He was the MC for FreedomFest, a libertarian festival, in 2021, and a featured speaker there in 2022. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Smith was running the Libertarian Party's social media, but he has denied this saying that he only "helped with the Twitter".

Smith considered running in the 2024 Libertarian Party presidential primaries but ultimately decided against it. He also declined to run as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vice presidential candidate, citing Kennedy's support for Israel in its war in Gaza. Smith spoke at the 2024 Libertarian National Convention.