Matthew McConaughey fought back tears as he spoke to reporters at the White House on Tuesday about meeting the families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shootings in Uvalde, TX, his hometown.The actor’s appearance in the White House briefing room, after he and his wife Camilla met with President Joe Biden, was in many ways extraordinary, as he spoke movingly in tribute to the victims and their lives cut short, sharing deeply personal stories of their lives.
Nineteen students and two teachers were killed when a gunman opened fire on their classroom.“We got a chance for, right now, to reach for and grasp a higher ground, above our political affiliations,” McConaughey said. “A chance to make a choice that does more than protect your party.
A chance to make a choice that protects our country now and for the next generation.”His message was that there was a way forward on legislation that still protects the Second Amendment, seeing the set of solutions as embraced by the widespread majority of the public.
He called the set of proposals “a step forward for a civil society and the Second Amendment.”“I promise you, America, you and me, we are not as divided as we are being told we are,” he said in his 20-minute remarks.McConaughey also has been meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including Sen.
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