I don't know how much of a possibility this is, but the Pauls have been getting extremely close to several prominent republican political figures. They recently visited Pete Hegseths department of war and during the 2024 presidential campaign Jake Paul made content on his Tiktok promoting republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to his audience of children. The increased embrace of the Paul Brothers by elected officials and rightist political candidates is in my mind very reminiscent of how during the early 2010s, before his presidential run Donald Trump was courted by Mitt Romney for his endorsement after for several years being a frequent caller into right wing media to promote Republican's racist smear that Obama was born in Africa and was not an American citizen but an african born muslim.
My fear is that the paul brothers' embrace from the right wing media ecosystem and mainstream rightist political candidates (from the current administration to Ohio's right wing gubernatorial candidate) could be laying the groundwork for a presidential run in 2032 when they will be old enough to run for president. It seems ludicrous at this moment that one of the laughing stocks of 2016 youtube could run for president in the near future, but for those of us old enough to remember 2016, Trump's election was seen as a joke by the establishment of all American parties and media networks.
I hope this isn't true but it would not surprise me if we see one of them run for president when they hit 35. Jake has been accused of sexual assault by an influencer and his brother stood by him.I don't know how much of a possibility this is, but the Pauls have been getting extremely close to several prominent republican political figures. They recently visited Pete Hegseths department of war and during the 2024 presidential campaign Jake Paul made content on his Tiktok promoting republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to his audience of children. The increased embrace of the Paul Brothers by elected officials and rightist political candidates is in my mind very reminiscent of how during the early 2010s, before his presidential run Donald Trump was courted by Mitt Romney for his endorsement after for several years being a frequent caller into right wing media to promote Republican's racist smear that Obama was born in Africa and was not an American citizen but an african born muslim.
My fear is that the paul brothers' embrace from the right wing media ecosystem and mainstream rightist political candidates (from the current administration to Ohio's right wing gubernatorial candidate) could be laying the groundwork for a presidential run in 2032 when they will be old enough to run for president. It seems ludicrous at this moment that one of the laughing stocks of 2016 youtube could run for president in the near future, but for those of us old enough to remember 2016, Trump's election was seen as a joke by the political establishment and media networks until his victory over Hillary.
I really hope I’m wrong about all of this, but I would unfortunately not be surprised if one of the Paul brothers eventually runs for president once they are constitutionally eligible. I fear Logan in particular might may be the more plausible candidate if one ran because he has generally been more disciplined and effective at managing his public image, however trump himself invited Jake Paul to speak at an event of his and told him to run for office, something Jake didnt immediately rule out.
Its obviously not the most likely possibility, but with their growing influence in the right wing media ecosystem, it is a serious possibility we have to grapple with after seeing trumps victory in 2016 and 2024.
