Dean Withers
American political commentator (born 2004)
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Dean Withers (born September 1, 2004)[1] is an American liberal political commentator and live streamer on TikTok and YouTube.[2] He gained prominence starting in 2023 for challenging conservative viewpoints on societal issues through debates shared via TikTok. In 2024, he was featured on Jubilee Media's YouTube series Surrounded, where he engaged in political debates with conservatives.
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Withers in 2025 | |
| Born | September 1, 2004 Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S. |
| Known for | Online political debates |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Movement | Liberalism |
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| Years active | 2024-present |
| Genre | Politics |
| Followers | 3 million |
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| Years active | 2022-present |
| Genre | Politics |
| Followers | 5.1 million |
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| Years active | 2023–present |
| Genre | Politics |
| Subscribers | 563,000 |
| Views | 56.9 million |
| Last updated: February 12, 2026 | |
Early life
Withers grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado,[3] with conservative family members, leading him to hold conservative views in his early life.[4][5][1] He later shared that this conservative upbringing pushed him to educate himself further on political and societal issues, which led to his shift toward a liberal political ideology.[1] He is agnostic, but stated he was raised Catholic.[6]
Political activism
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| "Surrounded" episodes featuring Withers, from Jubilee via YouTube | |
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 "Can 25 Liberal College Students Outsmart 1 Conservative? (feat. Charlie Kirk)" | |
| "Can 1 Woke Teen Survive 20 Trump Supporters?" | |
| "1 Republican vs. 25 Kamala Harris Voters (Feat. Ben Shapiro)" |
After graduating from Grand Junction High School, Withers began posting political content on social media in 2022 on issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights.[1] Leading up to the 2024 United States presidential election, Jubilee Media featured Withers in two episodes of their Surrounded series on YouTube.[4] He debated Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro during these videos.
Shortly after one of his appearances in a Jubilee episode where he debated Trump supporters, he was criticized online when racist and homophobic messages from 2019 and 2022 were uncovered.[7]
