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Alright, alright, alright? Hollywood movie star Matthew McConaughey says he is not ruling out running for president in 2024.
He said at San Fransisco’s Dreamforce conference that he would “be arrogant not to” consider a White House run in the future.
“Yeah, I’ll consider it in the future. I’d be arrogant not to, absolutely I would consider it,” said McConaughey.
“If I got into any form of politics, I’d be remiss not to also go in as an artist and a storyteller; help put a narrative together,’ he said.
“You’re the CEO of a state and a nation, a lot of compartmentalization and choices to be made. McConaughey added they scare me, but I’m not afraid of me,” he added.
McConaughey did have reservations about running for president, though.
“If that happened to me, I would be pulled into it,” McConaughey, 52, said. “If I’m living right, which I’m trying to, we get pulled into things … it’s inevitable. I didn’t choose it. It chose me.”
“There’s definitely a greater divide now than there has been,” the actor said.
“One thing is we have to admit that part of that divide is the Kool-Aid we’re being sold. The divide is not as thick as we’re being sold; most of us are much more near the middle than we’re being told.”
The Daily Wire reported:
McConaughey, who called for more gun control measures in the wake of the May 24 school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead, said both parties have good points – and big gaps – in their Second Amendment views.
“[To] the Left, this is about regulation, this is about keeping the weapon out of the bad guy’s hand, [to] the Right, this is about mental health, but each one of them would put a period after their argument,” he said.
“You’re right, just put a comma after your argument. Both of your arguments are much closer to the solution than each of them independently.”
Despite sounding like a liberal on some issues, McConaughey, his wife Camila, and their three children left Malibu for Texas because the Lone Star State’s values match theirs, Camila said in an April interview with Fox News.
“It’s been great,” the Brazilian model and designer said. “It really embodies our belief system, especially the ones I grew up with, like going to church every Sunday, saying ‘yes ma’am’ or ‘no, sir.’”
McConaughey has said that there is extreme polarization in our country, but that we need someone who can reach out to reasonable people on both sides of the aisle.
Rumors are also swirling that Gavin Newsom will throw his hat in the ring for a presidential run in 2024.
