Matthew McConaughey addresses gun violence during White House briefing

[queenursula]

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Matthew McConaughey urged Congress to take action on gun control in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. “These regulations are not a step back. They are a step forward for civil society and the Second Amendment," the actor said in a powerful speech Tuesday at the White House, adding that

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[genbu_no_miko24]

“We can’t truly be leaders if we are only living for reelection,” McConaughey said at one point, a reference to the power of the gun lobby. Last week, Rep. Chris Jacobs, a Republican from upstate New York, said he would not run for reelection after facing backlash for voicing support for gun control."

Good that he pointed that part out.

[justabwaybaby]

It's like that segment from the Daily Show years ago when John Oliver was a correspondent. They asked the former Australian politician about what his job was and he answered something like "serve my constituents." They asked someone from the US and he immediately goes "get re-elected. Wait..."

And then John Oliver walked into the ocean. And the subject was gun control back then, too

It was just so jarring to hear someone be that blunt about motivation.

[jojito]

That segment was soo good. He even made a gun lobbyist agree with him, but the guy was too stupid to realize it.

He was making an analogy "This country has a lot of pools, so obviously there's gonna be a lot more drowning" and John was like "yeah, that's the point".

I still remember it because the stupidity was just too much.

[januarysix]

Ugh Henry Cuellar, I keep hoping my hometown votes him out but alas

[yousaidlog]

God I remember that and when he said that Australia's mass shootings stopped after they passed gun legislation the guy just said "whooptie do". And John was just gobsmacked.

[slaygalthessily]

I feel like finding a politician who actually cares about his people and not just gunning for re-election is some utopian fantasy.