Logan Paul Won’t Actually Run for President, But a YouTuber Soon Will

The closest a Paul is getting to the White House is when younger brother Jake hid in the bathroom overnight — but as for others…

Chris Stokel-Walker
FFWD

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Image: Wikimedia Commons/Winklevi and Erik Drost, composite by Chris Stokel-Walker

Big news: Logan Paul is running for president of the United States. Except, not really.

The 24-year-old YouTuber, who has pivoted to podcasting and boxing after uploading a misjudged YouTube video showing a hanging body in a Japanese forest famous for being a place for people to kill themselves, tweeted "I’ll do it" in response to a video featuring comedian Tim Dillon (who was caught up in the recent boner pill scandal FFWD managed to help sort out) extolling the virtues of a Paul presidency to weed smoking YouTube sensation and podcast host Joe Rogan.

(Once again, YouTube is weird.)

Now, plenty of people say they’ll run for president and never do. As a nine-year-old, I watched professional wrestler Hulk Hogan announce his candidacy for U.S. president through a clip of Jay Leno’s…

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Chris Stokel-Walker
FFWD
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