Matthew McConaughey: 'Arrogant' Left Must Learn Value Of Meeting In Middle

Actor Matthew McConaughey may have left fans dazed and confused in a political discussion with podcast host Russell Brand . (Watch the interview below.)

The Dallas Buyers Club Oscar winner accused the illiberal left of condescending to the right and proposed a scientific approach to meeting in the middle.

Brand, the British comedian, asked McConaughey if he noticed a condemnation and criticism of what I might describe ordinary working people ... a kind of offhandedness, like, Oh, theyre dumb, theyre voting for Brexit, theyre voting for Trump. I dont like it, and I dont like to hear it, Brand said.

McConaughey agreed. There is a lot [of people] on that illiberal left that absolutely condescend, patronize, and are arrogant towards that other 50%, he said.

Im sure you saw it in our industry when Trump was voted in four years ago, McConaughey continued. They were in denial that was real. Some of them were in absolute denial.

And now, the Lincoln Lawyer star asserted, the left shouldnt expect Trump voters to accept President-elect Joe Biden s victory.

Looks like Bidens our guy, McConaughey said. Now youve got the right thats in denial, cause their side has fake news. And I understand. Theyve been fed fake news. No one knows who the hell to believe, right? So theyre putting down their last bastion of defense.

McConaughey, a native Texan who recently shot down reports he was pondering a run for governor, doesnt seem to have disclosed his party affiliation of late. But he insisted a science-backed centrist approach could help heal the rift.

I wanna say Ill meet you in the middle, he told Brand. I actually think that its more of a dare than its ever been. ... Lets get aggressively centrist. He said reframing it as a dare could appeal to the right.

McConaughey cited get-out-the-vote efforts as an example of ineffective politics. He said many vote campaigns are backed by Democrats and alienate half of the electorate.

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The left is gonna have to understand the science of the values of meet you in the middle, he said. ... I believe there is science to it.

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