Woke Teen vs. 20 Trump Supporters Jubilee Video

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Woke Teen vs. 20 Trump Supporters Jubilee Video refers to a viral video uploaded by the YouTube channel Jubilee in late September 2024 showing TikToker @itsdeaann debating 20 Donald Trump supporters. Clips of the video went viral on Twitter / X, oftentimes showing Dean Withers, a supposedly "woke" teen arguing and countering various conservative talking points. The video also inspired memes and redraws online, with Dean and his opponents being framed as different pop culture characters. Additionally, the debate sparked some discourse about whether Jubilee is a channel biased toward conservative ideas, given that their decision to pit Charlie Kirk against college students in a video titled "Can 20 Liberal College Students Outsmart 1 Conservative," as opposed to Dean being placed in opposition to conservatives of all ages in a video titled, "Can 1 Woke Teen Survive 20 Conservatives."

Origin

On September 20th, 2024, YouTube^[1] channel Jubilee posted a video titled, "Can 1 Woke Teen Survive 20 Trump Supporters?" The video featured TikToker Dean Withers debating 20 Trump supporters. The video gathered over 4 million views in three days.

Jubilee also posted sections of the debate to its TikTok^[2] channel, the first of which gathered over 11 million views and 1 million likes in three days.

Spread

Various Twitter (now X) users reposted Jubilee's TikTok videos in the days following the video's release, with X^[3] user @beyoncegarden writing, "he CLEARED her😭" on a clip of Dean defending his support for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. The September 20th, 2023, post gathered over 53 million views and 300,000 likes in three days.

On September 21st, 2024, X^[4] user @SomaKazima quoted the aforementioned post with another clip, this time showing Dean defending his position that "Donald Trump is a racist," gathering over 14 million views and 220,000 likes in two days.

Some internet users began reposting the thumbnail for the video with meme captions, as seen in a September 22nd post by X^[5] user @nikicaga who wrote, "Jon Snow's tenure as Lord Commander," gathering over 36,000 likes in a day.

Also on September 22nd, 2024, TikToker^[6] @phoenixashes55 posted a redraw of the aforementioned thumbnail, making a Game of Thrones reference in writing, "Can 1 woke teen survive 20 slave masters of Mereen?" The post gathered over 100,000 views while a repost to X^[7] gathered over 12,000 likes in a day.

Dean Withers Fancams

Many TikTokers began posting fancams and fan edits of Dean Withers's performance in the debate, as seen in a September 21st, 2024, video posted by TikToker^[8] @user9175718401420, which gathered over 1 million views and 300,000 likes in two days.

On September 22nd, 2024, TikToker^[9] @sturn.iolo_cc posted a fan edit for Dean Withers as well, gathering over 1 million views and 300,000 likes in a day.

Dean Withers Recounts His Experience On Jubilee

Dean Withers posted a video recounting his experience participating in the Jubilee video to his TikTok^[10] @itsdeaann in late September 2024, calling the experience exhausting and his opponents "willfully ignorant." He also said that he was pleased that the final video showcased the patience he had to exercise in debating his opponents. The video gathered over 2 million views and 400,000 likes in a day.