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Books The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark Similar Drew Morgan, Ana Marie Cox, Bill Maher, Eric Holder, Steven Crowder Profiles | ||
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Trae Crowder is an American comedian and co-writer of The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark.
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- Icymi randi rhodes with trae crowder the liberal redneck
- Trae crowder and dave rubin the liberal redneck the south and comedy full interview
- Early life and education
- Political views
- Career
- Books
- References
Trae crowder and dave rubin the liberal redneck the south and comedy full interview
Early life and education
Crowder grew up in rural Celina, Tennessee, near the Tennessee/Kentucky border. He was the first person in his family to graduate from college and earn an MBA. In 2010, he moved to the Knoxville, Tennessee, area with his wife, Katie, and their two young sons.
Political views
In an interview he did for the MSNBC program The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell in May 2016, Crowder attributed his liberal political views to what he called the "abject poverty" that he and his family endured during his childhood in rural middle Tennessee.
Another major influence on his progressive social beliefs, he claimed, came from his close relationship with his gay uncle. Crowder explained that he had personally never "been particularly down with Jesus" because of the conservative social views on homosexuality held by most Christian denominations, especially in the area where he was raised.
Career
After business school, Crowder worked for the U.S. Department of Energy for six years.
In 2010, Crowder got his start as a stand up comedian following an open mic night at Side Splitters comedy club in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was after this that he evolved his main character, described as: The Liberal Redneck. His trademark comedic monologues have garnered both controversy and cumulative views now in the millions on YouTube. After his Liberal Redneck videos went viral, he appeared on a number of television and radio shows.
In June 2016, Crowder began a stint as the official "Hillbilly-in-Chief" for the New York Daily News where he posts his politically-oriented videos for the newspaper's YouTube channel.
On November 11, 2016, Crowder was a guest on the HBO series, Real Time with Bill Maher, where he discussed his book and gave his "redneck" take on the 2016 U.S. presidential election, held three days earlier.
On January 1, 2017, Crowder publicly announced through his Twitter account, "My wife's packin our butter tubs for our move to LA. I'll be workin on my @FOXTV sitcom Skeew!"
He is currently on the WellRED Comedy Tour with fellow comedians and writing partners Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester.