Matthew McConaughey’s visit to the White House press briefing room on Tuesday was not in the slightest degree for entertainment.
The Academy Award-winning actor’s advocacy for new gun laws brought him to the White House, where he spoke of the discussions he has had in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, since the May 24 mass shooting at an elementary school there. He told of meeting, along with his wife, Camila Alves, with a local funeral director as makeup artists and morticians worked around the clock to prepare for burials of the 19 students and two teachers murdered.
“They needed extensive restoration. Why? Due to the exceptionally large exit wounds of an AR-15 rifle,” McConaughey said, delivering a statement to reporters after a brief meeting with President Joe Biden. “Most of the bodies so mutilated that only DNA tests or a green Converse could identify. Many children were left not only dead but hollow, so, yes, counselors are going to be the new reality for a long time.”
