Having a large public platform comes with a responsibility to voice political opinions and help others form a deeper understanding of politics, because that's part of the American right to free expression.
Jake Paul explains why he's become increasingly outspoken about politics: as an American with a large following, he sees it as both a right and a responsibility to share his views and help his audience understand political issues. ✦ AI generated
Jake Paul · a16z Podcast · 2026-06-22 · original ↗
starts at this moment · 46:18
“How have you guys sort of approached politics or not approached politics? How have you guys thought about that?”
When I'm in this position of having a large audience, and as an American, we all have our right to our opinion and to voice our opinion. That's one of the most beautiful things about this country. And with a lot of people following me, I've taken it upon myself to speak my mind on what I believe in and to hopefully help others understand as well.
verbatim transcript · starts at 46:18
46:18a part of who I am since I was younger is to like help the people around me um and to be a leader and to speak my mind on certain things. And I think when I'm in this position of having a large audience and as an American, we all have our right to our opinion and to voice our opinion. That's one of the most beautiful things about this
46:47country. And I think with a lot of people uh following me, I've taken it upon myself to speak my mind on what I believe in and to um hopefully help others understand as well and grow a deeper understanding of politics and some of the things that are going on. And I believe it's important as American to exercise that right to our opinion and to voice our opinion. And I've just
47:16slowly, you know, started to talk more and more about it openly. And I think it comes from my dad as well. He was very political growing up. And I've always been involved in it and seeing it and talking about it. And I think it's the biggest game in life. And um I think it's interesting to be in those rooms and to talk to those people and to
47:44uh help them, you know, potentially win um certain elections, whether that's governor or president or senator. So, it's just been interesting and and fun and and I think it really truly does make an impact to the American people and society. I just want to say that's one thing I respect about Jake because I know that a lot of people in the public eye are too afraid to step into politics
48:11because it's not good for business, right? Like Michael Jordan like everyone buys shoes or whatever like that that quote. >> Um but I respect that Jake and we just had conversations about this where it's like you know like if you actually have conviction like God or your faith will like pay full dividends for that conviction, right? And I think there's and I think there's something too like life and your family and your