McConaughey – who was born in Uvalde, Texas and studied at the University of Texas at Austin – previously flirted with a government offer in his home country and recently said it was a real consideration ‘in an interview on’ Balanced Voice ‘ Podcast Wednesday.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has already announced he will run for a third term in next year’s election. But the current Republican has become increasingly vocal in recent months, criticizing his pandemic response and dealing with a winter storm that has led to mass power outages in almost the entire state.
Former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke, whose Democratic presidential candidate ran for office in 2020, also expressed interest in running for president. “This is something I’m going to think about,” he told the El Paso, KLAQ radio station in Texas. O’Rourke has already lost one nationwide election in Texas – his notable Senate race against GOP Senator Ted Cruz in 2018.
McConaughey is currently assisting with relief efforts in Texas in the wake of last month’s storm, and is organizing a virtual benefit that will take place on March 21st. The Oscar-winning actor also leads the ‘just keep livin’ foundation, which works to empower high school students. He published a memoir, ‘Greenlights’, last year.
While on his promotional tour for the book, McConaughey made some of his first public comments about a possible chance for governor. In an interview with conservative radio presenter Hugh Hewitt last November, he argued that “politics seems to be a broken business” and said he “could be much more interested ‘in the work’ when politics redefines its purpose. ‘
“I want to get behind my personal values to re-imprint our social contracts with each other as Americans,” McConaughey said at the time, adding that it was important for the country to “stabilize” first after the 2020 election “before we begin. says, “OK, here’s how we get out of this together.” ‘