Matthew McConaughey said he would avoid political “Band-aids” as he mulls a bid for Texas governor.
The Texas-born actor, who has yet to announce a campaign for office, provided more insight into his political philosophy during clips of an interview released on Thursday.
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“I’m not interested in going and putting a bunch of Band-Aids that are gonna be ripped off as soon as I’m out,” he said during an appearance on the Carlos Watson Show. “I’m interested in building something that can last, and I’m measuring what category that is. I don’t know if that’s politics. That whole embassy of politics has some redefining of its purpose.”
“How many things do actual leaders and politicians get done in their four [years] that now become realized later on after they’re in office?” he asked. “They never get the credit for those. You only get credit for wins, W’s and L’s, what you did in the bank of those years.”
McConaughey, 51, also said that “sacrifices” are necessary for “larger rewards tomorrow” to be achieved. The actor said masks that have become ubiquitous during the coronavirus pandemic were a good example of that principle, calling it a “damn dispute over the masks that got politicized.”
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“I’m not believing you’re really scared of this little cotton thing. I don’t really feel that takes away your identity and your freedom,” he said. “There’s no data that says it’s not a good thing. No data that says it’s harmful.”
McConaughey has not said what party affiliation, if any, he might have if he runs for governor, but he has encouraged voters to get “aggressively centric.”
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