UNC-TV Presents the Swearing-In of North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE RISE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF
GOVERNOR-ELECT THE HONORABLE PAT McCRORY AND MRS ANN
McCRORY AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THE
ADVANCING OF THE COLORS AND THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL
["NATIONAL ANTHEM" PLAYING] LET US PRAY TOGETHER
HEAVENLY FATHER THANK YOU FOR THE LIVES OF ANN AND PAT
McCRORY
OUR GOVERNOR-ELECT AND HIS WIFE
WALK CLOSELY WITH THEM THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS
PROTECT THEM FROM ILL WILL AND DISCOURAGEMENT
FOR GOVERNOR McCRORY CONTINUE TO REMIND HIM OF HIS CALLING FOR
PEOPLE'S NEEDS TO BE MET
LET HIM NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING BUT IN EVERYTHING WITH
GREAT THANKSGIVING ALWAYS LAY HIS BURDENS UPON YOU IN PRAYER
ALLOW HIS DESIRES TO BE FULLY AND SOLELY MET IN YOU THE GOD
IN WHOM HE TRUSTS
AS HE SEEKS YOU DAILY LET HIM ALWAYS DO JUSTICE AND LOVE MERCY
FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT STATE AS HE ALSO WALKS HUMBLY
WITH HIS GOD
CONSUME HIM WITH A HEART TO LOVE YOU FULLY AND TO LOVE ALL NORTH
CAROLINA CITIZENS AS HE LOVES HIMSELF
GUARD HIS MARRIAGE
KEEP HIM AND ANN VERY CLOSE
DON'T LET THEM TOLERATE ANY TEMPTATION ESPECIALLY THE ONE
TO SEE THEMSELVES AS ANYTHING BUT YOUR CHOSEN CHILDREN
ENDOWED WITH A SPECIAL POSITION AND CALLING TO SERVE OTHERS
LET THEIR LOVE INCREASE THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND BEYOND
AND FOR PAT'S BELOVED ANN I PRAY THAT YOU WILL KEEP HER
HEART STRONG IN YOU
MAY SHE FIND YOUR CAUSES ESPECIALLY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE
MOST VULNERABLE AND NEEDY IN NORTH CAROLINA TO EXPRESS YOUR
HEART OF COMPASSION AND GRACE FOR THEM
MAY HER POSITION PRESENCE PRIVILEGE AND POWER BE USED TO
SHINE LIGHTS IN AREAS OF HURT AND NEED NOT OTHERWISE NOTICED
MAY SHE ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO SERVE NOT BE SERVED AND TO
GIVE OUR LIVES AWAY TO THOSE WHO MAY NEED US THE MOST
I SPEAK ENORMOUS BLESSINGS OVER PAT AND ANN PRAYING WITH GREAT
HOPE THAT FOUR YEARS FROM NOW NORTH CAROLINA WILL HAVE
THOUSANDS MORE WITH JOBS THOUSANDS MORE CHILDREN WHO ARE
BETTER EDUCATED AN ECONOMY THAT IS BOOMING AND THRIVING A STATE
UNDIVIDED CITIZENS FILLED WITH HOPE A STATE THAT IS A SHINING
STAR AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL OTHER STATES THROUGHOUT OUR GREAT
NATION WHO WILL SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN THOSE WHO ARE CHOSEN
TO GOVERN LIVE AND SERVE ITS CITIZENS AND MAKE DECISIONS
ROOTED IN YOUR PRINCIPLES ALONE
I PRAY THIS PRAYER
YEARNING FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL FOR YOUR GLORY AND YOUR
GLORY ALONE OUR GREAT GOD IN THE NAME OF THE ONE I PERSONALLY
KNOW AS JESUS CHRIST MY LORD AND SAVIOR AMEN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE BE SEATED
WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE TRANSFER OF THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA PRESIDED BY JUSTICE PAUL NEWBY
GOVERNOR PERDUE AND GOVERNOR-ELECT McCRORY PLEASE
PROCEED TO THE SEAL
THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IS AS OLD AS
THE STATE ITSELF DATING BACK TO OUR CONSTITUTION
OUR CURRENT CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THERE SHALL BE A SEAL
OF THE STATE WHICH SHALL BE KEPT BY THE GOVERNOR AND USED BY THE
GOVERNOR AS OCCASION MAY REQUIRE
THE GREAT SEAL IS PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN REPRESENTATION OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
AND NOW IN KEEPING WITH ITS NATURE IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED
BY OUTGOING GOVERNOR PERDUE TO INCOMING GOVERNOR McCRORY
GOVERNOR McCRORY WITH THIS GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA I HEREBY TRANSFER TO YOU THE POWERS AND DUTIES AS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE GREAT STATE THE GREATEST STATE
IN AMERICA AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN THE MONTHS AND THE YEARS
AHEAD AS YOU AND ANN SERVE NORTH CAROLINA'S PEOPLE AS THEIR
GOVERNOR AND LEADER OF THIS GREAT STATE
THANK YOU GOVERNOR PERDUE
I ACCEPT THIS GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE
POWERS AND DUTIES THAT IT REPRESENTS
I HEREBY PROMISE TO FULFILL THE DUTIES OF THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND TO FAIRLY AND JUSTLY USE THESE POWERS
ENTRUSTED TO ME TO ENABLE THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO BE
THE VERY BEST THAT THEY CAN BE
MAY WE ALL WORKING TOGETHER BE A BEACON OF HOPE AND PROGRESS FOR
OUR NATION AND OF COURSE FOR OUR GREAT STATE
THERE YOU GO
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE IT
THANKS SO MUCH
[APPLAUSE] I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE
HONORABLE SARAH PARKER AND MRS McCRORY TO THE FRONT FOR
THE SWEARING IN OF NORTH CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR-ELECT
MR PAT McCRORY
DO YOU PATRICK LLOYD McCRORY SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY
SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES THAT YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR TRUE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO THE
CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND AUTHORITIES WHICH ARE OR MAY BE
ESTABLISHED FOR THE GOVERNMENT THEREOF AND THAT YOU WILL
ENDEAVOR TO SUPPORT MAINTAIN AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF
SAID STATE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY AND
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE
DUTIES PERTAINING TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA TO
WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN ELECTED ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF YOUR
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY ACCORDING TO LAW SO HELP YOU GOD?
I DO
CONGRATULATIONS AND ALL GOOD WISHES
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
[APPLAUSE] LOVE YOU BABE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU
[APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HIS
EXCELLENCY PATRICK LLOYD McCRORY GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
WE'LL JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS
PLEASE BE SEATED
THIS IS QUITE AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE
I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNOR AND HER HUSBAND BOB
FOR JUST GRACIOUSNESS DURING THIS TRANSITION AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE OVER THE PAST
YEARS
PLEASE GIVE THE GOVERNOR A ROUND OF APPLAUSE
[APPLAUSE] TO CHIEF JUSTICE JUSTICE
NEWBY MY FELLOW RAGSDALE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE TO MY WONDERFUL
WIFE ANN MY FAMILY AND TO THE LEADERS OF THIS STATE OUR GOAL
WAS NOT TO GET A TITLE
OUR GOAL WAS TO LEAD AND TO GOVERN AND TO SERVE WITH A
PURPOSE
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN DOING TODAY
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TOUGH WORK AHEAD OF US
BUT WE ALL LOVE OUR STATE
AND WE CARE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS FOR OUR
STATE SO THEY HAVE THE SAME QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE'VE
ENJOYED FOR SO MANY YEARS
LET US ALL WORK TOGETHER AND LET US NEVER FORGET OUR PURPOSE
MAY GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU
I ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS
I ASK FOR YOU TO PRAY FOR ANN AND MYSELF AND MAY GOD CONTINUE
TO BLESS OUR GREAT NATION AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
[APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THIS
CONCLUDES THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR NORTH CAROLINA
GOVERNOR THE HONORABLE PAT McCRORY
PLEASE RISE FOR THE DEPARTURE OF GOVERNOR AND MRS McCRORY
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