Matthew McConaughey

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Matthew McConaughey tells the story of those killed in Uvalde in ... (CNN)

Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered impassioned and at-times emotional remarks at the White House press briefing on Tuesday, telling the stories of those ...

Murphy emphasized how much he appreciated Biden and the White House giving senators "space" to try and reach a deal, and said his goal remains to reach a deal by the end of this week. He has called on Congress to implement stricter gun laws, including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase. Jean-Pierre said Monday Biden was "encouraged" by the Senate negotiations on gun control measures. Enough of the invalidation of the other side. You could feel the pain, the denial, the disillusion, anger, blame, sadness, loss of lives, dreams halted," he said. She had drawn a heart on one of the shoes.

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Matthew McConaughey at the White House on gun reform: 'We start ... (Politico)

The actor called for several measures after the mass shooting at a school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.

He appeared to choke up multiple times throughout the speech as he spoke about the young victims and their dreams. His plea for tighter gun restrictions comes two weeks to the day after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where McConaughey grew up. Matthew McConaughey, in an emotional speech at the White House on Tuesday, called for lawmakers to act on bipartisan gun reforms — two weeks after a mass shooting at a school in the actor’s Texas hometown left 19 students and two teachers dead.

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Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered an emotional White House appeal for gun regulations in the wake of last month's massacre in his hometown of Uvalde, ...

"There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility," McConaughey continued. "We heard from so many people: Families of the deceased, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, Texas Rangers, hunters, border patrol and responsible gun owners who won't give up their Second Amendment rights," he said. In an emotional speech at the White House on Tuesday, actor Matthew McConaughey called for new gun regulations in the wake of last month's mass shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, and urged federal lawmakers to honor their moral obligations instead of party affiliations.

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Uvalde Native Matthew McConaughey Appears At White House ... (Deadline)

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, ...

“We need to focus on corrections and countermeasures that can also and immediately reduce the gun violence tragedies that have become too common in our country.” But there is still considerable doubt as to whether any significant gun measures will pass, given the 60-vote threshold needed to advance legislation in the Senate. That is what doomed legislation back in 2013, in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. These regulations are not a step back, they are step forward for a civil society and the Second Amendment.” These are the same green Converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her at the shooting. All three major cable news networks carried McConaughey’s remarks live, as he tried to vividly describe the personalities and aspirations of the victims. “We got a chance for, right now, to reach for and grasp a higher ground, above our political affiliations,” McConaughey said.

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Actor Matthew McConaughey will join White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a news briefing today to deliver remarks. Watch the event in the ...

We need to restrain sensationalized media coverage. We need safer schools. “We need to invest in mental healthcare.

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Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey visits Biden, seeks change (Los Angeles Times)

From the White House briefing room, actor Matthew McConaughey urges lawmakers to act on gun safety, in wake of mass shooting in his Texas hometown.

“Every parent separately expressed in their own way that they want their children’s dreams to live on,” the actor said. “A window where it seems like real change, real change can happen.” Choking up, he held up a laminated drawing by Alithia Ramirez, whose parents told him she had wanted to be an artist.

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Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey's plea for gun control: 'Make ... (NBC News)

Actor Matthew McConaughey joined the White House briefing to pay tribute to Uvalde shooting victims ⁠— and to urge Congress to take action on gun ...

They’re a step forward for civil society." We need a waiting period for those rifles. "She wore these every day, green Converse, with a heart on the right toe. Uvalde is where I learned responsible gun ownership." McConaughey's remarks came as he's gone to the Capitol to meet with lawmakers and urge them to take action on guns. He got emotional while speaking about Maite Rodriguez, a 10-year-old girl who cared deeply about the environment and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist.

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Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey pleads for legislative action ... (Texas Tribune)

The Texas actor spoke at a press briefing Tuesday after meeting with President Joe Biden about responding to mass shootings. A Uvalde gunman killed 19 ...

“What I’m interested in is keeping guns out of the hands of those who, by current law, are not supposed to have them,” Cornyn said Monday in a Senate floor speech. Since the shooting in Uvalde, Texas Republican officials have repeatedly made calls for action on mental health but have otherwise been noncommittal to reforming gun laws. Can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit that we have a life-preservation problem on our hands? So we’re asking you and I’m asking you … can both sides rise above? We need a waiting period for those rifles. We need red flag laws and consequences for those who abuse them.”

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Matthew McConaughey Makes Impassioned Gun-Reform Speech ... (Vanity Fair)

After spending a week in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, following the Robb Elementary School shooting, the actor eulogized several of the victims and shared ...

McConaughey showed pieces of artwork from and photos of some of the students and teachers killed at Robb Elementary, which McConaughey said is less than a mile from where his mother was a school teacher. “To make the loss of these lives matter,” Matthew McConaughey said as he began an impassioned 20-minute speech about gun reform during Tuesday’s White House press briefing. Responsible parties in this debate seem to at least be committed to sitting down and having a real conversation about a new and improved path forward—a path that can bring us closer together and make us safer as a country.

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Matthew McConaughey Meets Biden and Pleads for an End to Gun ... (The New York Times)

The Uvalde, Texas, native appeared in the White House briefing room and called for new gun control measures.

Mr. McConaughey asked his wife to hold up the green hightop Converse sneakers worn every day by 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez, who hoped to study one day to be a marine biologist, and who had drawn a heart on the right toe to symbolize her love of nature. He called on the news media to reduce its sensational coverage of mass shootings. Mr. McConaughey’s appearance at the White House came as a bipartisan group of senators tries to negotiate new legislation to respond to gun violence. “You could feel the shock in the town,” he said. He cast himself as a voice for responsible gun owners and described, in graphic detail, the horrors of gun violence. He then told of the horror he felt at losing 19 school children in his hometown to a man with a rifle so high-powered that it disfigured many of their bodies beyond recognition.

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Matthew McConaughey pide en Washington medidas de 'sentido ... (Dallas Morning News AldiaDallas)

Con la voz entrecortada, el ganador del Oscar suplicó a los políticos que hicieran menos probables estas masacres, incluso si eso significa regulaciones más ...

“Admitámoslo. No podemos ser verdaderamente líderes si solo vivimos para la reelección”, dijo en la Casa Blanca. “Estas regulaciones no son un paso atrás. Son un paso adelante para la sociedad civil y la Segunda Enmienda. ¿Es esto una cura para todos? La niña de 10 años dibujó un corazón en los zapatos porque, dijo el actor, “representaba su amor por la naturaleza”. Pero la gente está sufriendo”. “Necesitamos verificaciones de antecedentes. Necesitamos leyes de bandera roja y consecuencias para quienes abusan de ellas”, dijo McConaughey. Sin nombrar ni aludir a ningún político en particular, hizo un llamado a aquellos en posiciones de autoridad para que dejen de jugar a la política con el derecho a portar armas y la seguridad pública, y a encontrar el coraje para “encontrar un término medio, el lugar donde vivimos la mayoría de los estadounidenses”. de todos modos, especialmente en este tema.

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Matthew McConaughey comparte las historias de las víctimas de ... (KESQ)

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo. (CNN) — El actor Matthew McConaughey dio un apasionado y, en ocasiones, emotivo discurso en una rueda de prensa de la Casa Blanca este ...

Jean-Pierre dijo este lunes que Biden estaba “alentado” por las negociaciones del Senado sobre las medidas de control de armas. McConaughey dijo a los periodistas en el Capitolio este martes que esperaba estar progresando en sus reuniones con los legisladores. El presidente se reunió este martes con el senador demócrata Chris Murphy de Connecticut, quien lidera las negociaciones bipartidistas sobre la reforma del control de armas. El actor de “Dallas Buyers Club” sopesó públicamente una candidatura a gobernador en Texas el año pasado, pero finalmente la descartó, por ahora. Basta de invalidar a la otra parte. Los dueños responsables de armas están hartos de que la Segunda Enmienda sea abusada y secuestrada por algunos individuos trastornados. “Podías sentir la conmoción en la ciudad. La niña había dibujado un corazón en uno de los zapatos. “¿Sabes qué quería cada uno de estos padres, qué nos pedían? ¿Qué nos expresó cada padre por separado a su manera a Camila y a mí? Que quieren que los sueños de sus hijos sigan vivos. Muchos niños quedaron no solo muertos sino vacíos. Entonces, sí, van a hacer falta terapeutas en Uvalde por mucho tiempo”. Quieren hacer que sus muertes importen”, dijo McConaughey. “Estas son regulaciones razonables, prácticas y tácticas para nuestro país, estados, comunidades, escuelas y hogares.

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Matthew McConaughey, nacido en Uvalde, dio un emotivo discurso ... (infobae América)

El ganador del Oscar pareció reprimir las lágrimas varias veces mientras hablaba de la masacre en la escuela. Compartió historias sobre las vidas truncadas ...

Una oportunidad de tomar una decisión que proteja a nuestro país ahora y para la próxima generación”. “No existe una barrera constitucional para la responsabilidad por las armas. El debate sobre el control de armas no ha dejado más que un statu quo. “Existe la sensación de que tal vez haya un camino viable a seguir”. Es hora de que hablemos sobre la responsabilidad de las armas”, escribió. Habló de manera conmovedora en homenaje a las víctimas y sus vidas truncadas, compartiendo historias profundamente personales de sus vidas.

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El actor Matthew McConaughey hizo un fuerte llamado el martes en la Casa Blanca a la responsabilidad con las armas tras la masacre en una escuela primaria ...

"Necesitamos invertir en atención de la salud mental. 'Queremos escuelas seguras y fuera de peligro y queremos leyes sobre armas que no faciliten que los malos obtengan estas malditas armas'". "¿Qué me dicen de eso?" - "Problema de preservación de la vida" - "Consolamos a mucha gente", contó el actor. El actor Matthew McConaughey hizo un fuerte llamado el martes en la Casa Blanca a la "responsabilidad con las armas" tras la masacre en una escuela primaria en su ciudad natal de Uvalde, Texas.

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Matthew McConaughey ofreció un discurso en la Casa Blanca tras ... (El Diario NY)

Durante su intervención en la Casa Blanca, Matthew McConaughey, quien nació en Uvalde, dijo que estuvo la semana pasada en su ciudad natal conversando con ...

Tenemos que tener un valor real y honrar nuestras obligaciones inmortales en lugar de nuestras afiliaciones partidarias“, acotó McConaughey. El actor habló extendidamente sobre los niños y los sueños que tenían antes de ser asesinados. “¿Sabes qué quería cada uno de estos padres, qué nos pedían? ¿Qué nos expresó cada padre por separado a su manera a Camila y a mí? Que quieren que los sueños de sus hijos sigan vivos.

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Matthew McConaughey Meets Biden and Pleads for an End to Gun ... (The New York Times)

The Uvalde, Texas, native appeared in the White House briefing room and called for new gun control measures.

Mr. McConaughey asked his wife to hold up the green hightop Converse sneakers worn every day by 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez, who hoped to study one day to be a marine biologist, and who had drawn a heart on the right toe to symbolize her love of nature. He called on the news media to reduce its sensational coverage of mass shootings. Mr. McConaughey’s appearance at the White House came as a bipartisan group of senators tries to negotiate new legislation to respond to gun violence. “You could feel the shock in the town,” he said. He cast himself as a voice for responsible gun owners and described, in graphic detail, the horrors of gun violence. He then told of the horror he felt at losing 19 school children in his hometown to a man with a rifle so high-powered that it disfigured many of their bodies beyond recognition.

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McConaughey urges gun measures in surprise White House ... (The Washington Post)

Actor Matthew McConaughey, a Uvalde, Tex., native, made an unexpected stop in the White House press briefing room Tuesday, urging Congress to act on gun ...

Uvalde, he said, is the town where he “learned responsible gun ownership.” “This should be a nonpartisan issue,” McConaughey said. “That should not be a partisan issue. “Responsible gun owners are fed up with the Second Amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals,” McConaughey said. He did say that he would not mandate vaccinating young children against the coronavirus, and that his own two youngest hadn’t been immunized. That they want their children’s dreams to live on,” McConaughey said.

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Matthew McConaughey comparte las historias de las víctimas de ... (CNN)

El actor Mathew McConaughey compartió las historias que le contaron los familiares de las víctimas del tiroteo de Uvalde, donde nació, y pidió desde la Casa ...

Si bien las probabilidades de cualquier reforma radical siguen siendo muy difíciles, los legisladores han expresado su optimismo de que se podría llegar a un acuerdo para un proyecto de ley específico y tan pronto como a fines de esta semana. McConaughey dijo a los periodistas en el Capitolio este martes que esperaba estar progresando en sus reuniones con los legisladores. El presidente se reunió este martes con el senador demócrata Chris Murphy de Connecticut, quien lidera las negociaciones bipartidistas sobre la reforma del control de armas. El actor de "Dallas Buyers Club" sopesó públicamente una candidatura a gobernador en Texas el año pasado, pero finalmente la descartó, por ahora. Tenemos que tener un valor real y honrar nuestras obligaciones inmortales en lugar de nuestras afiliaciones partidarias", dijo McConaughey. La niña había dibujado un corazón en uno de los zapatos.

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El apasionado discurso de Matthew McConaughey para pedir ... (San Diego Union-Tribune en Español)

El actor Matthew McConaughey, nacido en Uvalde (Texas) y él mismo propietario de armas de fuego, acudió este martes a la Casa Blanca para pedir a la clase ...

Quieren que la pérdida de sus vidas importe”, imploró McConaughey. Esas son las mismas deportivas Converse, en sus pies, que resultaron ser la única prueba que podía identificar a Maite tras el tiroteo”, terminó McConaughey con la voz cada vez más temblorosa. "¿Saben lo que todos los padres nos dijeron a Camila y a mí? nos dijeron que quieren que los sueños de sus niños perduren. El propio McConaughey es propietario de armas de fuego y su postura es la de aumentar los controles a la posesión de armamento, no prohibirlo, una idea que comparten muchos estadounidenses. Pasando del enfado y la tristeza a la esperanza, el actor consideró que existe ahora mismo una “oportunidad única” para aprobar leyes que hagan más difícil a “los malos” hacerse con armas. “Maite llevaba unas deportivas de la marca Converse y de color verde con un corazón que había dibujado sobre los dedos de su pie derecho porque representaban su amor por la naturaleza”, narró el actor y, a continuación, señaló los zapatos que descansaban sobre el regazo de su esposa Camila Alves, entre los asistentes.

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Matthew McConaughey passionately pleads for gun control at White ... (The Guardian)

Actor and gun owner describes 'window where real change can happen' as he reflects on his hometown of Uvalde.

He held up artwork from Alithia Ramirez, who dreamed of attending art school in Paris. And then there was Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia, who loved dancing and church and already knew how to drive tractors. McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of his own connections to the town. He also noted that Uvalde was the place where he was taught about responsibilities that come with gun ownership. “We need to invest in mental healthcare. McConaughey, a gun owner himself, used his star power to make the case for turning the horror of the moment into concrete action. A window where it seems like real change can happen.”

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6 frases del poderoso discurso de Matthew McConaughey sobre el ... (CNN)

El actor Matthew McConaughey, de Uvalde, Texas, habló sobre el luto de las familias de las víctimas de la masacre de la escuela primaria Robb.

El actor dijo a los periodistas en el Capitolio que esperaba estar progresando en sus reuniones con los legisladores. El actor, cuyo propósito este martes en la Casa Blanca era hacer un llamado a la acción al control de armas, dijo que ahora había una "ventana de oportunidad" para promulgar una reforma significativa de la legislación sobre armas. Puedes sentir el dolor, la negación, la desilusión, la ira, la culpa, la tristeza, la pérdida de vidas, los sueños detenidos”. El actor ganador del Oscar dijo que por mucho tiempo "se van a necesitar consejeros" en Uvalde y que las heridas tras esta tragedia tardarán en sanar. El actor mostró fotografías de sus trabajos de arte y llevó a la sala unos tenis Converse verdes que una de las víctimas usaba todos los días y que fueron clave para identificar su cuerpo. Existe la sensación de que tal vez haya un camino viable a seguir".

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El actor Matthew McConaughey pidió en un emotivo mensaje más ... (TRT Español)

A través de un discurso desde la Casa Blanca, el protagonista de la serie True Detective, instó a un "cambio real" en la legislación, tras revelar su ...

Esto debería ser un tema no partidista", aseguró McConaughey. “Los responsables dueños de armas están hartos de que la Segunda Enmienda sea pisoteada y secuestrada por algunos individuos trastornados. A través de un discurso desde la Casa Blanca, el protagonista de la serie True Detective, instó a un "cambio real" en la legislación, tras revelar su encuentro con víctimas del más reciente tiroteo ocurrido en su pueblo natal de Uvalde, Texas

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Actor Matthew McConaughey Calls For Gun Legislation At White ... (Newsy)

McConaughey said he and his wife drove to Uvalde the day after the shooting and spent time with the families of some of the victims.

We need to restore our American values and we need responsible gun ownership," McConaughey said. McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of his own connections to the town. He also noted that Uvalde was the place where he was taught about responsibilities that come with gun ownership. Ellie was looking forward to reading a Bible verse at an upcoming church service when she was killed. We need safer schools. Garnell Whitfield Jr. asked members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Critics Bash Matthew McConaughey For Glorifying Gun Use in Movies (Newsweek)

From those praising him for reuniting the country over gun control, to those bashing him as a Hollywood stripper, people are divided over McConaughey's ...

"Yeah sure but it's ok when you are shooting a movie and making lots of money to glorify gun use. When an actor tries to lecture me on gun control and gun violence, when he has made millions from his movies displaying gun violence. "The White House is so devoid of credible surrogates they've had to drag Matthew McConaughey off the set of yet another Magic Mike sequel to drone on about gun control.

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Read Matthew McConaughey's full White House speech on gun ... (USA TODAY)

Matthew McConaughey delivered a passionate 20-minute speech at the podium of the White House press briefing room discussing the Texas mass shooting.

Again, we got to look in the mirror, lead with humility, and acknowledge the values that are inherent to but also above politics. The money she had made two summers ago paid to -- paid to paint the front of the house. Camila and I, we -- we sat with about 20 of their family members in the living room, along with their four kids. We also met Ana and Dani- -- Danilo, the mom and the stepdad of nine-year-old Maite Rodriguez. And Maite wanted to be a marine biologist. They -- they shared all these stories about Irma and Joe -- served the community and would host all these parties, and how Irma and Joe were planning on getting a food truck together when they soon retired. The week prior to her passing, she had been preparing to read a verse from the Bible for the next Wednesday night's church service. I need to live next to the ocean because I want to be a marine biologist. These are the same green Converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. Now, Alithia -- her dream was to go to art school in Paris and one day share her art with the world. Camila and I came here to share my stories from my hometown of Uvalde. I came here to take meetings with elected officials on both sides of the aisle. Her mother said, of this drawing -- she said, “You know, we never really talked to her about heaven before, but somehow she knew.” We are in a window of opportunity right now that we have not been in before, a window where it seems like real change -- real change can happen.

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7 things to know about Matthew McConaughey (Houston Chronicle)

The actor from Uvalde has won an Oscar and considered running for governor of Texas.

He left the desert with a book that fits his approach to life. “It’s a humbling and inspiring path to ponder,” he said. McConaughey never became such a Hollywood fixture that he left Texas behind for good. To his credit, he never tried to spin the event. He describes in the book an offer for an unnamed rom-com that would’ve paid $14 million. Most of them had no idea he was a film star. We like to think of Matthew McConaughey as a great superstar from the beginning. He was dating a bartender working at the Hyatt in Austin. She got to know Don Phillips, a notable casting director who was in town working on a new film by Houston native Richard Linklater, whose “Slacker” was an independent film success. At 6’2” and 220 lbs., the University of Houston draftee never could play end in the 21st century. He made him in a way he didn’t other actors. “Don saw something in him,” said Melissa Maerz, author of the book “Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s ‘Dazed and Confused.’” He got Matthew an agent, taught him behind-the-scenes things about the industry. Interest in a Texas gubernatorial run ended last November. But McConaughey -- a Texas native and a Texas resident -- hasn't ruled out a future run for public office.

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