Steven Crowder

Steven Blake Crowder (born July 7, 1987) is an American-Canadian conservative political commentator and media host.

Early in his career, Crowder worked for Fox News and posted satirical videos on conservative media platforms.

He then began hosting Louder with Crowder, a daily political podcast and YouTube channel with commentary segments.

It includes a recurring segment called "Change My Mind", in which Crowder invites passers-by to converse.

Crowder was born on July 7, 1987, in Detroit, Michigan.

He has an older brother named Jordan.

His mother was French Canadian, and at the age of three, his family moved to the Montreal suburb of Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada where he would live for the rest of his childhood.

Crowder attended Centennial Regional High School in Longueuil, and at the age of 18, he moved back to the United States.

Crowder attended two semesters at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont.

At age 12, he worked as a voice actor for the character Alan "The Brain" Powers on the children's television series Arthur.

He began performing stand-up comedy at age 17.

He then acted in a number of films, including the role of Doug Moore in the 2009 movie To Save a Life.

From 2009 to 2012, Crowder worked for Fox News.

By 2009, Crowder regularly posted satirical videos on politically conservative media, including Pajamas Media and later at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood.

Crowder served as the master of ceremonies at the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and generated some controversy with a rap video he premiered at CPAC 2012.

In December 2012, Crowder and members of Americans for Prosperity were involved in an altercation at a demonstration in Michigan concerning the state's recently passed right-to-work law.

At a December 2012 protest, Crowder was punched repeatedly in the face by a union member who claimed he was acting in self defense after being pushed to the ground.

Crowder and members of Americans for Prosperity were at a demonstration in Michigan concerning the state's recently passed right-to-work law.

The incident began with an attempt by union activists to tear down the Americans for Prosperity tent, which was eventually successful.

During the altercation, Crowder was punched several times by a union activist.

Crowder posted an edited video of the incident to his YouTube channel that cut footage of the alleged assailant being pushed to the ground and getting back up, right before throwing the punches at Crowder.

However, Fox News' broadcasts of the incident included footage of the man being pushed.

The New York Times stated, "The same footage also shows that Mr. Crowder had his hand on that man's shoulder just before he tumbled to the ground, but, while the camera does not capture the whole sequence of events, it seems likely that the man was knocked to the ground as members of the two sides pushed against one other, not shoved down by Mr. Crowder."

Crowder later released an unedited copy of the video.

An AFL–CIO spokesman, Eddie Vale, stated that the organization did not condone the tearing down of the Americans for Prosperity tent or the violence against Crowder and his group.

In March 2013, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III declined to press charges against anyone involved in the December 2012 altercation.

According to Dunnings, his office was originally sent an edited version of the video of Crowder's altercation.

However, upon reviewing the unedited version, the prosecutor's office decided not to pursue the case because the union member had acted in self-defense.

In October 2013, Fox News ended its relationship with Crowder.

This was announced shortly after Crowder made negative statements about Fox News host Sean Hannity and about Fox News.

In 2017, the Louder with Crowder program, featuring mainly comedic content and political commentary, became a daily program featured on Conservative Review's new streaming service, CRTV.

On December 3, 2018, CRTV merged with Glenn Beck's TheBlaze, where Crowder was hosted until December 2022, alongside his YouTube channel, which has existed since 2009.

"Change My Mind" is a regular segment conducted by Crowder in which he sits at a table with a sign including the phrase "Change My Mind" and invites people walking by, often students at a university campus, to change his mind on a controversial subject.

A photograph of Crowder seated behind a sign in February 2018 reading "Male Privilege is a Myth | Change My Mind" outside the Texas Christian University campus became an Internet meme.

Variations of the meme often feature humorously controversial statements in place of "Male Privilege is a Myth", such as "Pineapple goes on pizza | Change My Mind".

Crowder's YouTube channel has been demonetized twice, first in 2019 after repeated use of racist and homophobic slurs.

His channel was re-monetized after YouTube said Crowder addressed his behavior and content, and it was demonetized again in March 2021, with uploads suspended for a week, after violating YouTube's presidential election integrity policy against advancing false claims about the election's integrity.

YouTube suspended the channel again for two weeks in October 2022 for violating its harassment, threats and cyberbullying policy.

The channel had 5.86 million subscribers as of May 2023.

Crowder moved his show to Rumble in March 2023.