{"id":518967,"date":"2021-05-17T18:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T22:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=518967"},"modified":"2021-05-17T18:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T22:21:16","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-is-putting-out-feelers-for-texas-governorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matthew-mcconaughey-is-putting-out-feelers-for-texas-governorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey Is Putting Out Feelers For Texas Governorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatthew-mcconaughey-is-putting-out-feelers-for-texas-governorship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=518967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MattMcCon-1-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">\u201cI\u2019m a little more surprised that people aren\u2019t taking him more seriously, honestly,\u201d said Austin-based GOP strategist Brendan Steinhauser. \u201cCelebrity in this country counts for a lot \u2026 it\u2019s not like some C-list actor no one likes. He has an appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">As Howard Stern recently noted, the public\u2019s perception of McConaughey would change dramatically the moment he revealed his political platform and beliefs, both of which he has been relatively vague about. \u201cOnce you run for office, you actually have to give an opinion,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/howard-stern-warns-the-rock-matthew-mcconaughey-about-getting-into-politics\">Stern said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-0\">McConaughey has not even stated what political party banner he would run for governor under.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">\u201cThe question is: Would he run as a Republican? A Democrat? Independent? And where is he on the political scale? He says he has a funny phrase about being a hardcore centrist, but what party would he run under?\u201d long-term GOP strategist Karl Rove openly wondered.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">Should McConaughey run third-party, he would likely alienate Democrats that desperately seek to flip the state blue. Long-time Democratic strategist Paul Begala noted that Governor Rick Perry won the state handily in 2006 after two independents split the vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-5\">\u201cThe problem with running as an independent is we have seen this movie before,\u201d said Begala. \u201cTexas doesn\u2019t need a third party, Matthew! We need a second party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConaughey was expressly critical of Governor Abbott earlier this year in March, saying he was \u201cdumbfounded\u201d by the decision to remove the state\u2019s mask mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy reaction to that is, I was a little dumbfounded by the decision,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSThisMorning\/status\/1372174163260157953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1372174163260157953%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrities%2F2021%2F03%2F17%2Fmatthew-mcconaughey-disagrees-texas-governor-lifting-mask-mandate%2F4735864001%2F\">CBS.<\/a> \u201cI understand \u2018go back to work.\u2019 What I did not understand was\u00a0\u2018pull the mask mandate.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the mask we\u2019re afraid of, c\u2019mon. It\u2019s the word \u2018mandate.\u2019 Let\u2019s not let the word \u2018mandate\u2019 get in the way of practical use of this little tool called a mask. It\u2019s\u00a0just a small\u00a0inconvenience today for more freedom tomorrow,\u201d McConaughey continued.<\/p>\n<p>Current polls show that McConaughey has a solid chance to win the Texas governorship, with a double-digit lead over Abbott. That could be subject to change the moment he reveals his political platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-poll-shows-matthew-mcconaughey-has-double-digit-lead-over-incumbent-governor-in-texas\">New Poll Shows Matthew McConaughey With Double-Digit Lead Over Incumbent Governor In\u00a0Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m a little more surprised that people aren\u2019t taking him more seriously, honestly,\u201d said Austin-based GOP strategist Brendan Steinhauser. \u201cCelebrity in this country counts for a lot \u2026 it\u2019s not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278368,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MattMcCon-1-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Matthew McConaughey Is Putting Out Feelers For Texas Governorship","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MattMcCon-1-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Matthew McConaughey Is Putting Out Feelers For Texas Governorship","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}