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Matthew McConaughey releases new PSA to bring Americans together amid coronavirus pandemic

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Matthew McConaughey announces new PSA
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ByGMA Team
May 08, 2020, 4:22 pm

Matthew McConaughey has been our coronavirus quarantine savoir from playing virtual bingo with a senior center to donating masks to Austin first responders and lending his voice to PSAs to uge all Americans to stay home.

Now, the Academy Award-winning actor is out with a new PSA, called "It's About Us," which he co-created and co-produced with Roy Spence. The message of the PSA is for all Americans to reject the politics of "us versus them" and unify as one because we are all in this together.

"I felt that myself, my family, and the country needed a motivational reminder that America is much stronger together rather than divided by partisan politics," McConaughey said in a statement. "The war with this disease is not a political one, it's a human one. The virus doesn't differentiate between political parties, between Us and Them, it is a threat to people from every segment of our population. During this time of chaos and uncertainty, we all need to be driven by a purpose that unites us, not a politics that divide us."

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The PSA set to the music of "America Medley" by the Anthem Lights, a Nashville-based singing group, and shows picturesque landscapes from all across America.

"This is not about politics," the PSA reads over an image of health care workers and front-line workers wearing masks. "It's about us."

McConaughey's co-creator said "purpose is the great uniter."

"America cannot fight and win the war against COVID-19 if we as Americans are fighting against ourselves politically," co-creator Roy Spence said, calling for an end to "partisan politics."

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