Dave Rubin
David Joshua Rubin (born June 26, 1976) is an American political commentator, YouTube personality, talk show host, and author. He is the creator and host of The Rubin Report, a political talk show on YouTube and on the network BlazeTV. Launched in 2013, his show was originally part of TYT Network, until he left in 2015, in part due to widening ideological differences. Previously, Rubin hosted LGBT-themed talk shows, including The Ben and Dave Show from 2007 to 2008 and The Six Pack from 2009 to 2012, both of which he co-hosted with Ben Harvey.
Rubin originally considered himself to be a progressive while part of The Young Turks. However, Rubin has written that his views began to change after witnessing progressive commentator Cenk Uygur’s criticisms of Fox News commentator David Webb, Ben Affleck’s confrontation with Bill Maher and Sam Harris over their views on Islam, and the political left’s response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. Since then, Rubin has described himself as a classical liberal and later as a conservative. Rubin has become a staunch critic of progressivism, the political left, and the Democratic Party.
