Matthew McConaughey Visits Hometown of Uvalde, Texas Following Mass Shooting Massacre

Within the wake of the sickening college taking pictures in Uvalde, Texas final week, many Hollywood celebrities voiced their rage and disgust on social media. (One has to offer credit score to Chris Evans whose all-caps declaration of “FUCKING ENOUGH!!!” summed issues up properly.)

However when Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey penned a message urging individuals to “re-evalute, and renegotiate our desires from our wants” relating to gun rights, it was notable for a number of causes. One is that whereas his political affiliation isn’t recognized, he isn’t what one may name a typical Hollywood liberal (he self-identifies as “aggressively centric”). One other is that he severely thought-about operating for the Texas governor’s seat final 12 months. Most germane to the present tragedy, nonetheless, is the very fact McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, and lived there till he was roughly 11-years-old. (Certainly, his mom was a kindergarten trainer in Uvalde, at college simply 4 minutes down the highway from Robb Elementary.)

Individuals.com confirmed that McConaughey spoke with Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas’s twenty third district on the Uvalde Civic Middle on Friday, after assembly with households of the victims. The lawmaker shared some photographs from the gathering on Twitter. “We’ll unite to be an much more highly effective reminder that love by no means fails & collectively we are able to change issues,” he wrote, including “[a]ppreciate Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey serving to us heal.”

Gonzales additionally shared that he was welcoming President Joe Biden to the realm, with the across-the-aisle hashtag #UnitedForUvalde. Previously, Gonzales has voted in help of second modification points.