>> Matthew McConaughey has hinted
that maybe he would run for
office at some point.
So a new survey found that if he
were to run for governor, what
percentage of voters would vote for
him over the current governor of
Texas, Greg Abbott, and
I want to give you the details.
Now this is a poll that was
released by
the Dallas Morning News and
the University of Texas at Tyler,
and apparently the Hollywood star.
If you were to run,
would get quite a bit of the vote?
So, if Matthew McConaughey were to
run the poll of 1126 registered
voters found that 45% of them would
back him.
That would give McConaughey a 12
point lead over the current
Governor Greg Abbott polling at 33%
among those surveyed now.
When this story first was
first brought to my attention I had
a negative reaction to it I slugged
the story just killed me already.
But then I thought about
the context in California.
Where Arnold Schwarzenegger won as
governor when the governor at
the time was recalled.
Gray Davis, I believe was the right
great Davis was the governor who
was recalled and
then Arnold Schwarzenegger won and
he became governor,
the current governor right now is
Eric Garcetti.
I'm sorry Gavin Newsome and
he is a disaster.
Eric Garcetti in Los Angeles is
the mayor disaster.
And what Schwarzenegger,
I'm sure he had lots of flaws?
Don't get me wrong.
Not so bad compared to
what we're experiencing now.
So who knows?
Maybe?
Look, Greg Abbott is awful.
Could it get worse than that?
And Matthew McConaughey is I mean,
like he's a Trump supporter and
all of that.
But way if you want to take risks
with your state, why not?
Can't get worse than Greg Abbott?
>> So, I think this is actually
an important story on a couple
of grounds.
And I don't know that Makhana is
a Trump supporter,
Makhani in recent interviews has
said, he thinks that we got to be
respectful to both sides,
we've got to bring people together.
It sound by Ness
with a little bit of right
wing populism sprinkled in there.
I can't really tell I can't.
>> Spiral.
>> I know- [LAUGH]
>> It's good for him.
You know he's a good looking guy.
So.
And I don't know what his
opinion is.
Would I take him over Greg Abbott
sight unseen about his policies.
Yes. Why?.
Because I already know who
Greg Abbott is.
That's the devil I know.
And I don't want the devil I know.
You name it he's done it.
I mean what they did during that
freeze in Texas was unbelievable.
,they let the electric companies
not do any protections.
They deregulated the hell
out of them.
They got paid.
Dude Abbott himself got millions of
dollars in God's regions from those
same energy companies and
then people froze to death and they
never fixed the thing right and
I can go on and on.
So would I take a random celebrity
over Abbott yeah and
random one not like.
John Void.
>> I was just going to say
John Void.
>> Ten new Gen, it's cetera,
you get it right now.
But the reason I tell you that is,
because what's amazing
about celebrities and
politics and how the rest of
the media doesn't understand how
politics works is that 30% of
Republicans said they'd vote for
McConaughey, that's a giant number.
Do they know anything about
McConaughey yet?
He hasn't put out any response
proposals, they don't know a single
thing about what he believes.
And 30% of Republicans who might
hate him if they found out what
he believes, we don't know yet.
He's a celebrity,
I'm going to vote for that guy.
>> Well I mean, it goes back to
the most important thing if
you've decided to run for office,
and that's name recognition.
>> Yeah. >> Matthew McConaughey has
name recognition.
I don't know how he would govern
and look at if I had a choice
between Matthew McConaughey and
someone who's actually Connected
to people,
a working class person who knows
what it's to be a normal human.
[LAUGH] Living in
normal conditions,
which are awful conditions in
the United States right now.
Yeah, I would choose that person
because there's an actual
connection with people.
And I think that person would have
a better chance at representing
the best interests of consulting.
Issuance.
But again in
this particular context,
if it's between Greg Abbott or
Matthew McConaughey, sure, I'll
take my chances with Mcconaughey
because Greg Abbott is disastrous.
>> Yeah.
>> He did deregulate or
help deregulate the energy
companies in Texas.
You're absolutely right about that.
And as a result,
those energy companies didn't
weatherize their equipment, and
that led to people losing power
during a brutal winter storm.
>> Yeah. >> He's awful.
>> Yeah, so look, again,
if you are against Greg Abbott,
you're a Democrat or independent
who doesn't like him going with
someone else makes sense.
If you're a Republican without
knowing who the guy is going
to him, doesn't make sense, but
I'll come back to that because Anna
made a really great point.
In there but the reason why I
would take a random actor that I
don't know their opinions.
One Abbott's the worst you can't
get worse than him almost right
number but number two,
a lot of the actors grew up poor
Matthew McConaughey lived in
it you know, even after you got
rich he lived in a trailer camp.
Yeah, but
it's it's this is misleading one in
Malibu.
>> Luxury >> Right, but
still he you know,
>> Not still that's different.
>> Different, but
I forget his background.
Now I thought I read it once but
I'm not positive, but a lot of
the actors grew up poor and so
that gives them a little bit of
perspective that politicians might
not have.
But most importantly,
they're not already immersed in
the culture of corruption.
Greg Abbott Rose up through
the political ranks by doing favors
for his donors.
So it's in his DNA.
That's what got him to governorship
in the first place is by
kissing corporate ass.
So,McConaughey being wealthy and
not having grown up in that culture
of political corruption,
might be unfettered, and, might
even if he's right wing, might make
honest decisions as a right winger
as opposed to corrupt decisions.
>> Mm-hm. >> And I would still
rather have an honest right winger.
That a corrupt right winger.
So, even if he turns out badly but
probably the most important point
is the one that animation here.
The media totally misunderstands
politics.
They're like, can you believe
people I celebrities for no reason?
Well, it's not for no reason.
Partly I'm stunned that Republicans
are not certain I'm amused and
slightly surprised that Republicans
are I don't know.
I'll take a random Even though,
he might not agree with me, and
I got a republican governor, but
I don't dismiss it.
And then but
the media will then turn around and
say, someone who's run for
office again,
people really like his experience.
No, it's not that they like his
experience and they like
McConaughey for no reason.
It's that they both have high
name recognition.
Mostly people don't like to
experience a politician because
they don't like politicians.
But they know their names if
they've been around for
10 2030 years, right?
And why does McConaughey knew well
why did Schwarzenegger do well?
Because people know their names.
Politics is all about
name recognition and branding.
Our media has no clue how to cover
politics.
And they don't know how much they
affect the game through their
coverage.
And so, know how McConaughey would
get overwhelming coverage and
doesn't even need overwhelming
coverage because he has such great
name recognition already.
>> Right? >> That's why they win.
That's why the celebrities win
when they run.
And that's the number one problem
any new person has in politics, but
especially progressives,
because why
does it affect progressives more?
Because republicans just go to
corporations and go,
I'll do anything you want.
Then corporations will give them or
independent expenditure groups
millions of dollars
to run ads on their behalf, and
what do the ads do?
Increase their name recognition and
their positive branding.
So, that's why money in politics is
so important because you
can just by name recognition, which
progressives can't buy, >> Right?
So what you're saying is not
Myth Matthew McConaughey but
Matwew McConaughey.
>> Okay, look at least so
we got the recognition that I'm not
the only one who makes that jokes,
right?