Actor Matthew McConaughey who has publicly considered running for governor of Texas told attendees at San Franciscos Dreamforce conference that it may be inevitable he runs for president sometime in the future.
Dreamforce is corporate tech giant Salesforces annual convention featuring a slew of celebrity speakers and performers. McConaughey spoke to Salesforce co CEO Marc Benioff a close friend about his activism the Uvalde school shooting and his political beliefs in a packed room at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater on Tuesday afternoon .When Benioff asked McConaughey about the 2024 presidential election the actor did not make any definitive statements on that cycle specifically but teased his presidential aspirations more broadly.
Yeah I will consider it in the future I would be arrogant not to absolutely I would consider it McConaughey said. If I got into any form of politics I would be remiss not to also go in as an artist and a storyteller; help put a narrative together. You're the CEO of a state and a nation a lot of compartmentalization and choices to be made. They scare me but I am not afraid of em.He said of running for president If that happened to me I would be pulled into it. If I am living right which I'm trying to we get pulled into things its inevitable. I did not choose it it chose me.
When McConaughey might run for president is the critical question. After the Uvalde shooting McConaughey was invited to the White House by President Joe Biden to discuss gun violence and a video of him making an impassioned plea for gun safety measures went viral on social media. That relationship with Biden might make it unlikely the actor runs in 2024 if Biden seeks re election though if the election is Biden vs. Donald Trump again polling indicates a large portion of the country would consider a third party candidate.
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