Actor Matthew McConaughey defended conservatives’ right to not accept a Biden win, noting the tides were turned only four short years ago. Speaking to Russell Brand on his podcast, “Under the Skin,” Brand asked McConaughey whether he noticed “condemnation and criticism of ordinary working people” in Hollywood when it comes to politics. McConaughey responded, “absolutely.”
McConaughey added, “there are a lot of people on that illiberal left that absolutely condescend, patronize, and are arrogant toward the other 50 percent.” When discussing Republicans who refuse to accept Trump loss to Biden, McConaughey reminds us that liberals were in the exact same boat after the 2016 elections.
“I’m sure you saw it in our industry when Trump was voted in four years ago, they were in denial that was real…some of them were in absolute denial,” said McConaughey. “[Now] it looks like Biden’s our guy. Now you’ve got the right that’s in denial, cause their side has fake news. And I understand, they’ve been fed fake news. No one knows what the hell to believe, right? So, they’re putting down their last bastion of defense.”
McConaughey has not been shying away from politics lately. In November, the 51-year-old actor joined conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on his show where the possibility of a political future arose. Hewitt noted the actor is perceived as being “center-right” politically and asked, “are you ever going to run for anything?”
“I don’t know. I mean, that wouldn’t be up to me. It would be up to the people more than it would me” responded McConaughey. “I would say this” he added, “Look, politics seems to be a broken business to me right now. And when politics redefine its purpose, I could be a hell of a lot more interested.”
McConaughey lamented that both political parties have lost “trust” in one another which lead “to us not [having] trust in ourselves” which could lead to “anarchy.” Now that the election is over, McConaughey told Hewitt “we’ve got to stabilize” before we can figure out “how we’re marching out of this together forward.”
