Matthew McConaughey has teased a possible political run for office. The 54-year-old actor attended the National Governors Association 2024 summer meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 12. At the event, McConaughey – known for his roles in Dazed and Confused and True Detective – spoke on a panel with bipartisan leaders on how to promote civility in politics.
When asked by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, about his political aspirations, McConaughey replied: “Yes. I have thought about running for office, getting into this category.” “I’m on a learning tour and have been for probably the last six years of understanding what this category means,” he said, according to the Associated Press .
“Do I have instincts, intellect that it would be a good fit for me and I would be a good fit for it. That would be useful. “I’m still on that learning tour, and, you know, days like this.
I’m learning a lot. Last night, I learned a lot. I learned a lot from you last night.
Through those tequila, through that tequila, sir,” he told Murphy, who had mentioned drinking McConaughey’s Pantalones Tequila with him. According to Fox News , Hawaii Governor Josh Green then encouraged McConaughey to run for office. However, he also didn’t want him to feel pressured into choosing certain party affiliations such as Republican or Democrat.
“Please don’t fall into the trap to think that you have to be just one thing, because I think you’re so, you know, warm an.
