Matthew McConaughey has insisted things need to change following the horrific school shooting last month.
25.05.2022 - 14:19 / etcanada.com
Late-night TV hosts addressed the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday night.
19 students and 3 adults were killed in the horrific attack at Robb Elementary School. The shooter has also died.
Stephen Colbert said on “The Late Show”: “Shortly before I came out here tonight, we learned of the unspeakable shooting in Uvalde, Texas, today. And while we can add our prayers for the dead, there is nothing that could ever be said that can approach the immeasurable grief of those families.
“But while we’re at it, let’s pray this time our leaders show a modicum of courage in trying to prevent this from ever happening again.”
The host, getting emotional, continued, “Prayers won’t end this, voting might. So when you vote, ask yourself this question: Who running for office has publicly stated that they’re willing to do anything and everything in their power to protect your children from the criminally insane number of guns in America?”
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James Corden also spoke about the shooting from a mostly dark “Late Late Show” studio.
The host shared, “I don’t know what has to happen to change things here. I am constantly shocked by the number of people who must think that this is an okay byproduct to never make meaningful changes to gun laws. And it doesn’t make sense to me. It doesn’t reflect the country that I think America is.”
Corden called the U.S. “one of the most backward places in the world” when it comes to gun laws, pointing out that there have been no school shootings in England, Japan, or Australia so far this year.
However, there have been 27 school shootings and 212 mass shootings in the
Matthew McConaughey has insisted things need to change following the horrific school shooting last month.
Matthew McConaughey has paid his respects to the Texas school shooting victims in his hometown of Uvalde.The 52-year-old actor returned to the Texas town Tuesday alongside his family — his wife, Camila, their children, Levi, 13, Vida, 12, Livingston, 9 and his brother, Rooster.In new photos shared to Twitter, McConaughey and his loved ones are seen visiting the memorial site at Robb Elementary. In one shot, he and his family are seen holding hands and bowing their heads as they stand in front of a tree filled with flowers, cards and candles, left behind for the 19 children and two adults shot and killed last week.Another snap sees McConaughey taking a photo of a larger memorial, which had the names of the victims painted onto individual crosses.Matthew McConaughey visiting the memorial site at Robb Elementary in his hometown of Uvalde.
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