Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey's plea for gun control: 'Make the loss of these lives matter’
Actor Matthew McConaughey joined the White House briefing to pay tribute to Uvalde shooting victims — and to urge Congress to take action on gun legislation.
WASHINGTON — Actor Matthew McConaughey joined the White House briefing Tuesday to pay tribute to the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting — and to urge Congress to act on gun legislation.
"Make the loss of these lives matter," McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, pleaded in emotional remarks.
McConaughey said he and his wife, Camila Alves McConaughey, had been in Uvalde most of the past week, spending time with the families of the 19 schoolchildren and two teachers who were murdered. He got emotional as he spoke about Maite Rodriguez, a 10-year-old girl who cared deeply about the environment and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist.
Camila Alves McConaughey was holding the girl's green high-top Converse shoes, with a heart she'd drawn on one of the shoes to represent "her love of nature," McConaughey said.
Camila Alves McConaughey holds lime green Converse tennis shoes said to have been worn by Uvalde shooting victim Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10, at the White House on Tuesday. Susan Walsh / AP"She wore these every day, green Converse, with a heart on the right toe. These are the same green Converse that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her at the shooting," McConaughey said.
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