Jake Paul Endorses Donald Trump, Compares Former President’s Status as a Convicted Felon to America’s Founding Fathers

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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Jake Paul, the widely followed social media star who’s become a professional boxer, endorsed Donald Trump and urged his followers to vote for the GOP candidate — even though Paul himself is unable to vote in the 2024 U.S.

presidential election because he now lives in Puerto Rico. In a YouTube video posted Thursday, Paul told viewers they should “do your own research” and that they shouldn’t base their voting decision on “your favorite pop star telling you to vote a certain way.” But he said he was presenting his perspective in hopes of encouraging undecided viewers to vote for Trump to “quite literally save America.” Paul, 27, compared Trump’s felony convictions to the situation faced by America’s founding fathers in their fight for independence from the British monarchy.

In May, a federal jury in New York found the former president guilty of 34 felony counts related to false invoices, checks and ledger entries over his $130,000 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. “Trump is labeled a ‘felon,’ but remember, the founders of this country were seen as felons by Britain because they demanded change,” Paul said in the video. “History shows that sometimes those who challenge the system are the ones who make a difference.” At another point in the video, Paul said, “To be frank, I’m not concerned with Donald Trump’s ‘character flaws’ or what he’s done in the past.

What I’m concerned with is how good a president is he, because that is his job and that’s what’s going to affect the people of this nation.” Paul is set to fight Mike Tyson in a livestreamed boxing match on Netflix, with the event scheduled for Nov.