Hollywood Comes To Washington

Hollywood megastar Matthew McConaughey made a big splash at the White House press briefing yesterday. 

He delivered an impassioned plea to find common ground on the issue of the Second Amendment and what, if anything, can be reasonably done to address the public’s concerns about mass shooting incidents. He also met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. 

The media are hailing his appearance as a big moment for President Biden and the Democrat gun grabbers. 

But while they are quoting McConaughey’s more emotional lines (and he certainly is an effective advocate), they’re not telling you about the many things he said that undoubtedly caused today’s progressive Democrats to foam at the mouth. 

For example, while some may applaud his call for red-flag laws, expanded background checks, waiting periods and higher minimum age limits to buy certain firearms, McConaughey is hardly a poster boy for the far left. Just consider this excerpt of his remarks:

“We need safer schools. We need to restrain sensationalized media coverage. We need to restore our family values. We need to restore our American values. And we need responsible gun ownership.”

(I’m going to resist the temptation to turn that into an endorsement for American Values.) 

McConaughey also quoted the biblical command to love God with all your heart, and spoke about not infringing on Second Amendment rights. I’m sure those remarks had many progressives gritting their teeth.

Sadly, many on the left don’t think there are any admirable American values. They believe the country is “systemically racist.” All they really want to do is infringe on our rights, and Joe Biden has already ruled out doing more to make schools safer.