Gubernatorial Inauguration
Private Swearing-In Ceremony 2023
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Midnight swearing-in of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman.
The midnight swearing-in of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman. A 2023 KET production.
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Gubernatorial Inauguration
Private Swearing-In Ceremony 2023
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 62nd GUBERNATORIAL INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR AND LT.
GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN, THE PRIVATE SWEARING IN THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT MIDNIGHT AND BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT WE WANTED TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THEM, AND OF COURSE THAT OATH OF OFFICE THAT THEY TAKE THAT WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT.
BUR WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE JOINING US IN OUR LEXINGTON STUDIO NOTED KENTUCKY HISTORICAL AND AUTHOR AND HE'S ALWAYS WITH US ON INAUGURATION DAY, RON BRYANT.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO SIGH, SIR.
>> IT'S A PLESHURE TO SEE YOU YOU.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE INAUGURATION DAY WITHOUT YOU.
>> WE HAVE TO BE TOGETHER.
>> WE HAVE TO BE TOGETHER.
>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 62nd INAUGURATION.
IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS THE GOVERNOR WILL BE SWORN IN.
WHY DO THEY DO IT THE WAY THEY DO IT?
>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME FROM BEFORE THE OFFICIAL INAUGURATION THERE HAS TO BE AN EXECUTIVE, A CHIEF EXECUTIVE, SO THEREFORE AS SOON AS THAT CLOCK GETS TOWARD MIDNIGHT, YOU BETTER HAVE SOMEBODY IN THERE TO TILELY TAKE THE OATH.
SO THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TERRIBLE OR SOMETHING, THERE WOULD BE A CONTINUE UNIT THERE.
>> RIGHT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TRANSITION OF OFFICE THIS TIME.
>> NO.
>> SO WHY IS IT NECESSARY.
>> THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES AN ACTUAL SWEARING IN.
YOU HAVE STO DO THAT.
AND SO AGAIN CONTINUITY, MAKE STHEUR THAT THE PERSON IS THERE-- MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON IS THERE AND SWORN IN AND THE NEXT DAY THEY CAN DOT FORMAL THING FOR THE PUBLIC.
>> FOR THE PUBLIC.
>> SO THE PUBLIC IF THEY ARE UP AND WATCHING THEY GET AN INTIMATE VIEW OF THIS, THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA THIS TIME.
AND SO AN INTERESTING EVENT AS IT ALWAYS IS.
>> OH YES.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OATH OF OFFICE.
>> YES.
>> SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE IT MEMORIZED.
KNOWING YOU.
>> BUT OF COURSE IT SAYS IT, I WON'T READ IT ALL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE A SPOILER.
BUT THERE IS PART OF IT THAT SAYS, I, BEING A CITIZEN OF THIS STATE, HAVE NOT FOUGHT A DUAL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS WITHIN THIS STATES NOR OUT OF IT NOR HAVE I SENT OR ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE TO FIGHT A DUAL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS NOR HAVE I ACTED AS SECOND AND CARRYING A CHALLENGE NOR AIDED OR ASSISTED ANY PERSON THUS OFFENDING SO HELP ME GOD THAT IS HOW IT ENDS.
WHY IS THAT LANGUAGE THERE?
>> THAT DUELING, THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE LAST CONSTITUTION IN 1891 FOR SURE.
KENTUCKIANS HAD A BAD HABIT OF SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER OVER POLITICS.
AND SOMETIMES IT WAS QUITE DEADLY.
SO THE DUELING THING WAS A REAL THING IN THOSE DAYS.
AND SO MAKE SURE THAT NO GOVERNOR OR LT.
GOVERNOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN SUCH A THING, THEY PUT THAT IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THE SCANDAL OF A DUEL OR MURDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT ABOVE BOARD.
AND SO I AM A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THAT CLAUSE.
AND THERE HAS BEEN MOVES THROUGH THE YEARS TO GET RID OF IT.
>> YOU DON'T THINK IT IS ANTIQUATED.
>> NOT AT ALL.
YOU I THINK IT IS EVEN MORE VALID TODAY THAN IT EVER WAS.
IT IS A VIOLENT PAST THAT WE HAD IN POLITICS AND THAT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY SHOOTING EACH OTHER, VERY QUICKLY OVER POLITICS.
AND I THINK IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, THE LAST FORMAL DUEL IN KENTUCKY TOOK PLACE ABOUT 18 OF 6.
SO-- 1866 SO THEY WERE STILL AFRAID NEARLY 30 YEARS LATE THARY THEY HAD TO KEEP THAT IN THERE.
AND THERE WAS VIOLENCE THERE.
>> I WANT TO YOU TALK ABOUT WILLIAM GOBBLE THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY THAT SAY YOU MEAN THE PERSON THAT WAS NEVER GOVERNOR OR THE PERSON THAT WAS SWORN IN ONLY AFTER HE WAS DEAD, BUT WE'LL NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH OF ALL OF THAT.
WE PROBABLY WILL NEVER KNOW WHO ACTUALLY SHOT HIM.
BUT IN 1900, IN JANUARY OF 1900 WHEN HE WAS WALKING TO THE OLD CAPITOL BUILDING WHICH IS STILL THE SERVING CAPITOL BUILDING, SOMEONE SHOT HIM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
AND WHETHER HE WAS DEAD RIGHT THERE OR NOT WE DON'T KNOW.
A DISTANT KINSMAN OF MINE WAS HISSED ABOUTEE GUARD, COLONEL JACK CHIN, THIS BIG OLD HUGE FELLOW AND KIND OF ROUGH.
AND HE WAS HIS BODYGUARD.
AND WHEN THE SHOT RANG OUT, HE WENT DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND STARTED TO FALL OVER.
AND THEN HE STARTED TO TRY TO PUSH HIMSELF UP AND CHIN WAS HOVERING OVER HIM AND SAYING STAY DOWN, THEY'VE KILLED YOU.
>> I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT STORY.
THAT IS FANTASTIC.
THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR BOOK.
>> YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE CHAI OS THAT WAS GOING ON FROM THAT.
>> OH SURE.
>> AND THEY CARRIED HIM ACROSS THE STREET TO A DRUG STORE AND LAID HIM ON A COUNTER UNTIL THEY CAME AND GOT HIM AND TOOK HIM TO THE OLD CAPITOL HOTEL BUILDING.
AND THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SWOR, I MEAN I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHOSE GRANDPARENTS OR GREAT GRANDPARENTS HAD BEEN THERE.
AND THEY SWORE HE WAS DEAD BEFORE THEY EVEN CARRIED HIM TO THE HOTEL.
BUT THE VALIDITY OF IT WAS THAT JUDGE HAZELRIG WAS ONE WHO SWOR HIM IN AND HE WAS KNOWN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST HONEST AND UPRIGHT PEOPLE IN KENTUCKY.
SO PEOPLE SAID IF HE DID IT HE MUST HAVE STILL BEEN ALIVE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE OATH.
>> HE HAD A PULSE, RIGHT W FAINT AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN.
>> AND YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE KENTUCKY AUTHOR IRVING S COBB SAID, THE LAST WORDS OF GOBBLE ARE INGRAHAMMED IN, WHICH IS VERY FLOWERY AND VER BOSE WHICH DOESN'T REALLY SOUND LIME HIM AT ALL BUT COBB SAID I KNOW WHAT HIS LAST WORDS WERE, HE ASKED FOR HIS FAVORITE FOOD WHICH WAS OYSTERS AND HE TOOK ONE BIETD AND LOOKED UP AND SAID THAT IS A DAMN BAD OYSTER AND DIED.
>> SO MAYBE THE OYSTER WAS THE CULPRIT.
>> THAT WAS THE ASSASSIN.
>> KENTUCKY POLITICS WERE VERY, VERY RIOTOUS, VERY DANGEROUS TOO.
AND THEN THERE WERE SOME GOVERNORS THAT WERE SO KIND TO EACH OTHER, OF DIFFERENT PARTIES.
THAT IS KIND OF ODD TO THINK OF NOW.
BUT GOVERNOR BRADLEY, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN THE 18 90S.
AND HIS PREDECESSOR WAS VERY NICE AND STAYED AROUND AND THEY JOKED WITH EACH OTHER EVEN IN FRONT OF THE CROWD.
AND THEY WERE KNOWN NOT TO CARRY THEIR POLITICS-- THEY WERE REALLY FRIENDLY.
AND YOU DON'T THINK OF POLITICS THAT WAY RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU SURE DON'T.
>> ANOTHER INTERESTING PART OF THE CEREMONY THAT WE WILL SEE IN A MOMENT, IT'S NOT JUST THE SWEARING IN OF THE GOVERNOR AND LT.
GOVERNOR BUT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.
>> THE ADJUTANT GENERAL HAS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
HE BASICALLY CONTROLS THE STATE GUARD AS THEY USED TO CALL IT.
AND THAT HAS BEEN CALLED INTO QUESTION MANY TIMES TOO BECAUSE GEN WHEN GOBEL WAS ASSASSINATED THE STATE GOVERNMENT WAS CALLED OUT AND THERE WAS NEARLY A CIVIL WAR AND IF THAT ADD ANT-- ADJUTANT GENERAL WAS CALLED INTO QUESTION, THAT COULD CAUSE A TERRIBLE UPSET.
NOT IN MODERN TIMES BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT-- THE ADJUTANT GENERAL CONTROLS THE MILITARY.
EVEN THOUGH THE GOVERNOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE COMMANDER.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT IT IS LIKE THE PRESIDENT HE REALLY DOESN'T DIRECT THE TROOPS.
>> SO I SAID THIS IS THE 62ANT, EASIER TO SAY, THE THIRD TIME S THE 62ANT INAUGURATION OF A GOVERNOR BUT THERE HAVE BEEN 59 INDIVIDUALS.
>> YES.
>> YOU HAVE-- SQUARE THE MATH.
>> OF COURSE ISAAC SHELBY SERVED TWO DIFFERENT TERMS.
AND THEN WE HAD HAPPY CHANDLER SERVED TWO DIFFERENT TERMS.
THE SAME PERSON.
AND THEN WE OF COURSE HAD PAUL PATON WHO IS THE FIRST CONSECUTIVE TERM SINCE JAMES-- REALLY WELL OVER GOING ON 200 YEARS BEFORE.
AND THEN OF COURSE NOW WE HAVE ANDY BESHEAR WHO IS SUCCEEDING HIMSELF.
SO ALL OF THAT DOES MAKE A FUNNY THING WITH THE COUNT.
BUT I WOULD THROW SOMETHING IN HERE AND I WILL NOT READ INTO IT BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, THERE IS SO MUCH CONTROVERSY ABOUT THIS.
THERE IS EVEN MORE GOVERNORS THAT ARE NOT LISTED BECAUSE FOR A FEW MINUTES THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOVERNOR BEFORE THE GOVERNOR WAS INAUGURATED.
>> NOW YOU HAVE TO EXPOUND.
>> NO, NO, THAT WOULD TAKE THE REST OF THE YEAR.
>> INTERESTING.
>> BUT I WILL EXPOUND ON THAT ONE OF THESE DAYS FOR YOU.
YES, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES WAS ACTUALLY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
THAT WAS NOT THE ONE THAT WAS ELECTED.
>> AND ARE THEY IN THE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF GUBERNATORIAL LEADERSHIP.
>> GENERALLY YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
AND MOST HISTORIANS REALLY DON'T BOTHER WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SOMETHING OFFICIAL THAT SOMEONE HAD TO BE THERE, JUST IN THAT BRIEF TRANSITION TIME.
SO WHEN SOMEONE ASKED ME ONE TIME, HOW MANY GOVERNOR THERE WERE, I STARTED TO SAY AND I SAID LET'S NOT GO THERE.
THE OFFICIAL GOVERNOR IS THE NUMBER YOU HAVE.
>> AND SO GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR IS THE REAL, WILL BE THE THIRD GOVERNOR TO SUCCEED HIMSELF BECAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN 1992 THAT ALLOWED GOVERNORS TO DO SO.
>> EXACTLY.
AND THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR YEARS.
KENTUCKY DID NOT WANTED A GOVERNOR TO SUCCEED THEMSELVES BECAUSE UP UNTIL 1979, REALLY, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WAS THE MOST POWERFUL OFFICE IN THE STATE AND OVERSLAD OWED THE LEGISLATURE TOTALLY.
IF ANY GOVERNOR HAD POT WE ARE NEARLY OF A KING IT WAS KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOR AND SO KENTUCKIANS SAID NO, NO, WE CAN'T HAVE THEM SUCCEEDING THEMSELVES.
BUT THEN THAT CRIPPLED THE GOVERNOR, YOU CAN'T GET-- YOU CAN HARDLY GET ANYTHING DONE IN FOUR YEARS.
YOU REALLY CAN'T.
THERE IS SO MUCH JUST TO GETTING STARTED BUT YOUR PLANS BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE, YOU NEVER GOT TO DO WHAT YOU WANTED TO.
SO IT MADE SENSE.
IT REALLY MADE SENSE.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND OF COURSE LEGISLATIVE INDEPENDENCE WAS ASSERTED MORE IN THE LATE 70S, EARLY 80S.
>> WITH WHAT WAS CALLED THE-- AMENDMENT TO THAT STARTED AND IT BECAME THE LEGISLATURE NOW IS PROBABLY I SHOULD SAY IN THE CAT BIRD SEAT NOW OF GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS HELD THE PURSE STRINGS.
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN CRIPPLE ANY GOVERNOR WITH THAT.
BUT NOW THE LEGISLATURE IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL IN KENTUCKY.
AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE BE EQUAL BRANCH, THE JUDICIAL, THE LEGISLATIVE AND THE EXECUTIVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ALWAYS TRYING FOR BUT NEVER QUITE GOT IT TO START WITH.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, THE EVENT THAT WILL BE SUCCEEDING THIS PRIVATE SWEARING IN, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A CHURCH SERVICE AND A PRAYER SERVICE AND THEN THERE IS THE PARADE AND THE PUBLIC SWEARING IN.
>> OH MY YES.
>> THIS TIME THE EMCEE IS THE SENIOR DRIZ ADVISOR TO THE GOVERNOR, ROCKY ADD KINS AND THERE IS SOME STAR POWER WITH TYLER, SO IN THE THREE MINUTE WES HAVE REMAINING, YOU CAN REMEMBER, WHAT IS THE MOST MEMORABLE INAUGURATION IN YOUR MEMORY.
>> OH, IN MY MEMORY.
>> OR IN HISTORY.
>> IN MY MEMORY THEY WEREN'T THAT EXCITING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BUT I THOUGHT MARTHA COLINS WAS VERY MUCH SO.
I DO REMEMBER HER VERY WELL BUT THE MOST PROBABLY ELABORATE WENT BACK TO THE 19th CENTURY.
AND THEY, WELL, FOR EXAMPLE GOVERNOR McCOUGHLIN WHO WAS THE GOVERNOR WHEN THE WAR BETWEEN STATES STARTED, HIS PARADE, AND THIS IS IN THE HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS, HIS PARADE WAS OVER A MILE LONG IN FRANK FURTHER AND ONE OF THE MOST ELABORATE.
GOVERNOR DASHAY HAD ONE OF THE FIRST REALLY BIG FORMAL INAUGURATIONS.
THEY HAD THE BANDS.
THEY HAD THE MILITARY.
AND THEY EVEN DRESSED THEM IN WHAT WAS THE MILITARY STYLE OF THE DAY.
VERY, VERY NICE.
AND THEN IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY, I THINK IT WAS JAY PROCTOR KNOT, THEY HAD A PAPER BALLOON THAT ROSE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE CROWD AND THEN SUDDENLY BURST IN FLAMES AND FELL DOWN.
>> MERCY.
>> THAT WAS QUITE MEMORABLE.
>> AND THEN ANOTHER ONE, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY, THE INAUGURAL CROWD OF SPECTATORS WERE PICK POCKETED.
SPECIAL PICK POCKETS ALL THROUGH IT AND BEING TAKEN, THEIR WATCHES, THEIR WALLETS, EVERYTHING.
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
>> SO WE HAVE HAD SOME FUN TIMES.
>> WELL, WE HOPE TO HAVE A SHENANIGAN FREE INAUGURATION THIS TIME AROUND.
>> AND OF COURSE AS ALWAYS, LOUIS NUNN'S ELEPHANT THAT WAS BROUGHT IN.
SO ALL OF THIS IS JUST PART OF IT.
AND ST THE NEAREST THING TO A CORONATION WE'LL EVER HAVE.
IT IS LIKE THE PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> BUT OTHER STATES, DO THEY GO TO ALL OF THIS TROUBLE?
>> THEY GO TO SOME TROUBLE, SOME LESS, SOME MORE.
IT DEPENDS ON WHO IS ACTUALLY PUTTING THE KERRS TOGETHER AND IF THE VERY AMBITIOUS ONES WILL GO OVER THE TOP.
BUT SOME STATES LIKE TO BE MORE SED ATE ABOUT IT AND JUST GO ON, YOU KNOW, AS BUSINESS AS USUAL.
NOT KENTUCKY.
WE LIKE A GOOD SHOW.
>> WE DO LIKE A GOOD SHOW.
HORSES AND BOURBON AND BASKETBALL.
>> HOW ELSE COULD WE BE.
>> AND ELABORATE INAUGURATIONS, WELL, RON BRYANT, STALLS A PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
WE LEARN SO MUCH FROM YOU EVERY TIME.
>> IT SAY PLEASURE, RENE.
>> AND WE WILL SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER LATER ON TODAY.
>> I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINS US FOR THIS PORTION.
WE WILL BE JOINING THE PRIVATE SWEARING IN CEREMONY THAT WILL BE UNDER WAY MOMENTSLY.
I'M RENE SHAW AND ENJOY THE PROGRAM.
♪ WELL BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY, WHY DON'T YOU KEEP ON SHINING.
♪ SHINE ON THE ONE WHO'S GONE AND LEFT ME BLUE.
♪ ♪ WELL BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY KEEP ON SHINING.
♪ SHINE ON THE ONE WHO'S GONE AND LEFT ME BLUE.
WELL, IT WAS ON A MOON LIT NIGHT.
♪ THE STARS WERE SHINING BRIGHT.
♪ THEY WHISPERED UP ON HIGH.
♪ YOUR LOVE HAS SAID GOOD-BYE.
♪ OH BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY.
♪ WON'T YOU KEEP ON SHINING.
♪ YEAH SHINE ON THE ONE WHO'S GONE AND LEFT ME BLUE.
♪ ♪ WELL, IT WAS ON A MOON LIT NIGHT.
♪ THE STARS WERE SHINING BRIGHT.
♪ THEY WHISPERED UP ON HIGH.
♪ YOUR LOVE HAS SAID GOOD-BYE.
♪ WHOA BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY.
♪ WON'T YOU KEEP ON SHINING.
♪ SHINE ON THE ONE WHO'S GONE AND LEFT ME BLUE.
♪NESS WELL SHINE ON THE ONE WHO'S GONE AND LEFT ME BLUE.
♪ ♪ JUST PACE YOURSELF.
♪ FEEL THE FICTION IN YOUR MIND.
♪ CONSIDER THIS.
♪ OPPORTUNITY STO MOVE AGAINST THE TIDES.
♪ ♪ JUST TO SEE IF THEY MIGHT BE LONG.
♪ BUT YOU GOT TO HOLD LOT.
♪ TO GIVE.
♪ YOU GOT A WITH WHOLE LOT TO GIVE YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT TO GIVE.
♪ YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT TO GIVE.
♪ JUST QUIT CHASING YOUR TAIL.
♪ YOU TRACKING MUD ALL OVER THE PLACE.
♪ DON'T YOU REMEMBER.
♪ THE VOICE YOU USED WHEN YOU SPOKE OF PRECIOUS THINGS.
♪ BUT YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT TO GIVE.
♪ YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT TO GIVE OH CHILD.
♪ YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT TO GIVE.
♪ YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT TO GIVE.
♪ ♪ (APPLAUSE) >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
IT IS GOOD TO BE BE HERE TONIGHT, ISN'T IT.
I AM STEVEN STACK, KENTUCKY COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND IT IS AN HONOR TO WELCOME YOU TO THE OFFICIAL SECOND TERM SWEARING IN OF KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR.
(APPLAUSE) AND LT.
GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN.
(APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
AS WE BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BEN SOLLEE FOR HIS SPLEND SPLENDID MUSIC.
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO BEGIN THIS HISTORIC MUSIC.
BEN IS AN ACCOMPLISHED SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM RIGHT HERE IN KENTUCKY WHO NOW MAKES MUSIC FOR PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
BEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS SPECIAL OCCASION AND FOR SHARING YOUR TALENTS WITH US TONIGHT.
(APPLAUSE) AND TO KANDIE, THANK YOU FOR RINGING US INTO THE HOUR.
KANDIE ADKINSON IS A FIXTURE HERE AT THE STATE CAPITOLMENT FOLKS WHO WORK HERE WITH FAMILIAR WITH THE SOUND-OF-HER BELL, THE ONE WE JUST HEARD A MINUTE AGO.
DURING THE PANDEMIC AS THE NUMBER OF KENTUCKY CASUALTIES GREW, KANDIE WOULD COME INTO THIS ROTUNDA AND RING HER BELL FOR EACH KENTUCKIAN COVID TOOK FROM US.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO REMEMBER THE LOVED ONES WE LOST.
THANK YOU KANDIE FOR DOING THAT FOR BOTH THEM AND FOR US.
(APPLAUSE) GOVERNOR, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION TO A SOAKED TERM OF OFFICE AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY.
WHEN YOUR BROTHER JEFF PRESIDED OVER THIS OCCASION FOUR YEARS AGO HE REFLECTED THAT TEAM KENTUCKY WAS AN APPROPRIATE THEME FOR THE DAY'S EVENTS AND THAT THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY BOTH BELIEVED IN YOUR MESSAGE FOR A UNIFIED COMMONWEALTH AND HAD GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR YOU AND FOR AN ADMINISTRATION MARKED BY INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE HOW PRESH ENT JEFF WAS THAT NIGHT.
WHEN WE FIRST MET IN LATE NOVEMBER OF 2019, WE COULD SCARSLY HAVE ANTICIPATED THE UNCOMMON JOURNEY YOU AND I WOULD SOON SHARE.
JUST THREE MONTHS LATER COVID-19 UPENDED ALL OF OUR LIVES.
YOUR STEADY PRESENCE, CALM REASSURANCE AND HUMAN VULNERABILITY INSTILLED HOPE AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR FELLOW KENTUCKIANS THAT WE WOULD, INDEED, GET THROUGH THIS AND GET THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
WITH THE DAILY VISIT TO UNTOLD KENTUCKY HOMES AT 4:PO EACH AFTERNOON, SOME WITH A LITTLE WINE, BOURBON AND BEER, AND GREEN LIGHTS LIT EACH NIGHT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH KENTUCKIANS CAME TOGETHER, LOVED OUR NEIGHBORS AND FORGED A TRUE TEAM KENTUCKY.
DURING THIS TIME I HAD ITS SPECIAL HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.
THROUGH THICK AND THIN YOU SUPPORTED SCIENCE, SUPPORTED OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND SUPPORTED ME AS KENTUCKY'S HEALTH COMMISSIONER.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY COULDN'T SEE, BUT I COULD, WAS THAT THE ANDY BEHIND THE SCENES WAS THE SAME AS ANDY IN PUBLIC.
SAVING LIVES, SUPPORTING KENTUCKIANS AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES WERE YOUR NORTH STARS.
(APPLAUSE) GOVERNOR, YOUR BIG BROTHER GOT IT RIGHT FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND KENTUCKIANS HAVE NOW ASKED THAT YOU COMMIT YOURSELF TO A SECOND TERM OF SERVICE TO THEM AND TO OUR COMMONWEALTH.
TO BEGIN AND BEFORE YOU REAFFIRM YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY AND YOUR AVOIDANCE OF DEADLY DUELS, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE EF REVEREND ROB SHRADER HERE TONIGHT.
ROB AS HE PREFERS TO BE BE CALLED CURRENTLY SERVES AS MINISTER OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.
(APPLAUSE) >> WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD AS WE GATHER HERE ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION WE PAUSE TO GIVE YOU THANKS AND ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING.
WHILE WE GIVE YOU DEEP AND SINCERE THANKS THAT THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER, WE KNOW THAT NOW THE EVEN HARDER WORK BEGINS AND SO FOCUS ALL OF OUR MINDS AND HEARTS ON THE TASK OF CREATING A COMMONWEALTH THAT FAITHFULLY LIVES OUT YOUR VISION OF SHALLOM.
OPEN OUR EARS TO HEAR THE CRIES OF THOSE WHO OFTEN GO UNHEARD.
OPEN OUR MINDS TO IDEAS THAT COME FROM EVEN UNEXPECTED PLACES.
AND OPEN OUR HEARTS THAT WE MAY TRULY FEEL THE BURDENS CARRIED BY THOSE IN NEED.
WE GIVE YOU THANKS THIS DRE FOR ANDY BESHEAR AND FOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN, THE TWO WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO LEAD.
AS THE MANTLE OF SERVICE RESTS UPON THEM, MAY THEY ALSO FEEL THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PRESENCE WALKING WITH THEM.
SUSTAINING THEM AND GUIDING THEM ALL, IN ALL THAT THEY DO.
ONLY YOU KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD.
SO EQUIP THEM APPROPRIATELY FOR EVERYTHING THEY WILL FACE.
AND IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN THEY ARE PAINFULLY AWARE OF THE LIMITS OF THEIR HUMAN STRENGTH AND WISDOM, REMIND THEM THAT YOURS IS LIMITLESS AND READILY AVAILABLE WE ALSO GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM AND PICK THEM UP WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED.
AND SO GOD WE ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING ON BRITNEY, WILL, LYLAH, CRIST, WILL, NATURE, EMMA AND EVELYN, AS FAMILY THEY WILL CARRY BURDENS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THAT MOST OF US WILL NEVER SEE.
SO STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT THEM.
TIGHTEN THE BONDS OF EACH OF THE SPECIAL FAMILIES AND GRANT THEM PEACE AND LOVE IN THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.
BLESS ALSO THE COUNTLESS STAFF THAT WORK TIRELESSLY TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF OUR GOVERNOR AND OUR LT.
GOVERNOR.
WHILE THESE PEOPLE WILL MOSTLY NEVER BE NAMED PUBLICLY AND WILL LIKELY NOT HAVE TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT, REASSURE THEM THAT THEIR WORK IS MEANINGFUL AND NECESSARY AND APPRECIATED BY MILLIONS OF KENTUCKIANS.
FINALLY GOD, BLESS OUR COMMONWEALTH AND OUR COMMON LIFE.
WE LONG FOR A WORLD WHERE DIVISION WILL END, WHERE EACH ONE WOULD HAVE A VOICE, AND WHERE ALL OF YOUR CHILDREN CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN HARMONY.
AND SO INSPIRE US TO WORK IN WAYS, TO BRING THAT VISION, YOUR VISION TO LIFE.
IN ALL THAT WE SAY, AND IN ALL THAT WE DO, MAY YOU FIND US FAITHFUL THIS DAY AND ALWAYS.
AND ALL GOD'S CHILDREN SAID AMEN.
>> THANK YOU ROB.
GOVERNOR, ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS AGAIN.
>> I'M READY.
>> COME ON UP, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR, FIRST LADY BRITTNEY BRESHURE AND THEIR CHILDREN TO COME TO THE PODIUM ALONG WITH DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE PAMELA GOODWINE OF THE KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS WHO WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH.
>> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND REPEAT AFTER ME.
>> I ANDY BESHEER IRE-- I DRAN U GRAHAM BESHURE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
>> AND BE FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
>> AND BE FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
>> SO LONG AS I CAN CONTINUE A CITIZEN THERE OF.
>> SO LONG AS I CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ACCORDING TO LAW.
>> THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ACCORDING TO LAW.
>> AND I DO FURTHER SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> AND DO I FURTHER SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> THAT SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
>> THAT SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
>> I BEING A CITIZEN OF THIS STATE.
>> I BEING A CITIZEN OF THIS STATE.
>> HAVE NOT FOUGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS.
>> HAVE NOT FOUGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS.
>> WITHIN THIS STATE NOR OUT OF IT.
>> WITHIN THIS STATE NOR OUT OF IT.
>> NOR HAVE I SENT OR ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE.
>> NOR HAVE I SET NOR ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE.
>> TO FIGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS.
>> SO FIGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS.
>> NOR HAVE I ACTED A SECOND IN CARRYING A CHALLENGE.
>> NOR HAVE I ACTED A SECOND IN CARRYING A CHALLENGE.
>> OR AIDED OR ASSISTED ANY PERSON THAT IS OFFENDING.
>> OR AIDED OR ASSISTED ANY PERSON THUS OFFENDING.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
(APPLAUSE) >> GOOD EVENING TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE IN PERSON AND TO ALL OF OUR KENTUCKY FAMILIES WATCHING AT HOME.
I AM HONORED TO HAVE JUST TAKEN THE OATH OF OFFICE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS YOUR GOVERNOR (APPLAUSE) >> I AM THUK,-- ENTHUSIASTIC, EXCITED AND HOPEFUL FOR ALL THAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH.
OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WE WILL CONTINUE OUR RECORD-BREAKING ECONOMIC WIN STREAK AND CREATE THE GOOD-PAYING JOBS THAT WILL CREATE A BRIGHT AND PROMISING FUTURE FOR EVERY SINGLE KENTUCKY CHILD.
WE WILL INVEST IN OUR EDUCATORS.
CONTINUE BUILDING WHAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND RUN HIGH-SPEED INTERNET TO EVERY HOME IN THIS STATE.
>> WE WILL KEEP OUR PROMISE TO COUNTIES AND COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED BY NATURAL DISASTERS BUT BY NOT JUST REBUILDING, BUT REVITALIZING.
YOUR LT.
GOVERNOR AND I WILL BE THERE PERSONALLY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
TO EACH OF THOSE COUNTIES, TO EACH OF THOSE FAMILIES, WE LOVE YOU AND WE WILL GET THE JOB DONE.
I WANT TO THANK OUR LT.
GOVERNOR FOR HER LEADERSHIP.
>> STH IS A TEAM AND A PRETTY DARN GOOD ONE.
I WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS.
MY BROTHER AND MY THREE FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, BRITNEY, WILL AND LYLAH.
WHEN YOU'RE GOVERNOR YOUR JOB DOESN'T STAY IN THE OFFICE, IT FOLLOWS YOU HOME.
AND IN THE DARKEST AND MOST DIFFICULT TIMES, THESE THREE PEOPLE WERE THERE FOR ME, WERE THERE FOR US WE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THE HARD TIMES WITHOUT THEM.
I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
(APPLAUSE) >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON OUR CAMPAIGN OR IN STATE GOVERNMENT THESE LAST FOUR YEARS.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PUT FAITH IN MY LEADERSHIP THROUGH THEIR VOTE.
I RECOGNIZE TONIGHT THAT WE ARE MISSING TOMMY EL YOT OR JENNY MOORE, TOM MYERS, FRANK JONES, TOMMY CHANDLER AND MANY OTHERS.
BUT I KNOW THEY ARE CELEBRATING WITH US AND THAT WE WILL SEE THEM AGAIN.
TONIGHT'S CEREMONY IS IN OUR CAPITOL ROTUNDA A PLACE OF DEEP HISTORY.
IT REMINDED US THAT OUR COMMONWEALTH IS 231 YEARS OLD.
IN DECEMBER OF OUR FIRST YEAR UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL BECAME OUR STATE MOTTO.
IT'S BEEN WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
OUR PEOPLE LIKE THE MOTOR HAVE BEEN TESTED OVER TWO CENTURIES BY WARS, RECESSIONS AND DEPRESSIONS, AND THE NOBLE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL OF OUR PEOPLE.
IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE FACED OUR OWN TESTS IN A PANNED, NATURAL DISASTERS, CALLS FOR EQUITY AND A DRUG EPIDEMIC THAT CONTINUES TO TAKE THE LIVES OF TOO MANY OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
EACH OF THESE CHALLENGES WE HAVE MET WITH LOVE, COMPASSION AND EMPATHY.
WE GET THROUGH THE HARD TIMES AND WE GET THROUGH THEM TOGETHER.
BUT WE ALSO GET TO THE GOOD TIMES.
AND WE GET TO THOSE TOGETHER AS WELL.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE MUST APPROACH THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGES BEFORE US IS THAT POLITICS AND SOMETIMES EVEN OUR GOVERNANCE HAS BECOME POISONOUS AND TOXIC.
WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, HAS DEVOLVED INTO GRIEVEANCES AND ATTACKS.
SOME APPEAR TO THINK THAT IT'S JUST A GAME, THAT NO TARGET IS OFF LIMITS, THAT NO LIE IS TOO HURTFUL.
WE SEE STRATEGIES AND EVEN COMMERCIALS MEANT TO MAKE ONE AMERICAN, ONE KENTUCKYAN, AN ENEMY OF ANOTHER TRYING TO ACCUSE THEM OF HORRIBLE THINGS TO DEHUMANIZE THEM.
SO AS TO SHOW JUSTIFY ANGER OR EVEN HEALTH.
TURNING PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBORS JUST TO HAVE ONE MORE ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH A CERTAIN LETTER BEHIND THEIR NAME.
I RAN FOR OFFICE TO LEAVE A BETTER WORLD FOR MY CHILDREN.
FOR ALL OF OUR KENTUCKY CHILDREN.
AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE.
KEN QUEN'S CHANCE TO BE DIFFERENT, AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
TO BE BOTH AN ECONOMIC AND A MORAL LEADER FOR THIS COUNTRY.
SO WE MUST FACE THIS CHALLENGE THE WAY WE ALWAYS DO.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER WE WILL NOT MEET HATE WITH HATE ORANGER WITH ANGER OR EVEN FRUSTRATION WITH FRUSTRATION.
INSTEAD, WE'LL MEET THEM WITH THE SAME LOVE, EMPATHY AND COMPASSION THAT HAS GUIDED US THROUGH SO MUCH.
FOR ME, THOSE VALUES ARE GROUNDED IN MY FAITH.
IT TEACHES ME TO LOVE MY NEIGHBOR, AS MYSELF, TO NOT JUDGE LES I BE JUDGED.
THAT WHAT I DO TO THE LEAST OF THEE I DO TO HE.
MY FAITH TEACHES ME THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS, EVERY SINGLE ONE DESERVE TRUE DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER SIMPLY BY ACKNOWLEDGING OUR FAITH AND OUR VALUES CALL ON US TO BE BE BETTER.
AND FOR ME, REMEMBERING THAT MY SAVIOR COULD HAVE BEEN THE PRINCE OF POWER BUT CHOSE TO BE THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
I PLEDGE TONIGHT TO CONTINUE TO BE A GOVERNOR WHO SERVES ALL OUR PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF YOUR PARTY AND REGARDLESS WHO YOU VOTED FOR.
THE EYES OF THE COUNTRY ARE ON KENTUCKY, ITS OUR CHANCE TO SHOW THIS NATION AND THE WORLD HOW IT'S DONE.
SO TONIGHT LET US COMMIT TO BEING BETTER, AND TO DOING BETTER.
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS ARE OUR CHANCE TO LEAD, TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
LET'S MAKEEV REE DAY COUNT.
THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE) (APPLAUSE) >> CONGRATULATIONS GOVERNOR BESH EAR, IT WOULDN'T BE AN ANDY AND STEVE EVENT IF I DON'T SOUND A BIT LIKE A PROFESSOR.
MAYA ANG LOUSE COUNSELED I LEARNED WHAT PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MAKE THEM FEEL, SIMILARLY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS BEEN CREDITED PERHAPS INACCURATELY WITH SAYING NOBODY CARES HOW MUCH YOU KNOW UNTIL THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE.
ANDY, THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY KNOW YOU CARE, THEY KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU TALK WITH THEM DAILY AND DIRECTLY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THROUGH TORNADOES, FLOODS AND ICE STORMS AND OTHER DISASTERS STRUCK, YOU WENT TO THEM IN PERSON, SHARED THEIR SORROWS AND OFFERED HOPE THAT THEY WOULD OVERCOME AND THAT WE, ALL OF KENTUCKY WOULD BE THERE WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY DID.
DECENCY, INTEGRITY AND KINDNESS STILL MATTER IN TODAY'S WORLD.
AND THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY NEED LOOK NO FURTHER THAN OUR OWN COMMONWEALTH TO SEE THIS IN ACTION.
ENCARNACION KENTUCKYANS ARE KIND, CARING AND RESILIENT.
EVERY DAY KENTUCKY YANS LIVE LIVES OF SERVICE TO EACH OTHER, AT HOME, AT WORK AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
PEOPLE ARE EAGER FOR POSITIVE MESSAGES AND A SHARED VISION FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW, IN WHICH EVERY KENTUCKIANS AND EVERY KENTUCKY COMMUNITY THRIVES.
FOLKS I THINK CRAVE A LOT MORE LEADERSHIP WITH LOVE AND A LOT LESS CONFLICT THROUGH ANGER.
THANK YOU FOR LEADING WITH SUCH A VISION AND FOR INSPIRING HOPE THAT TOGETHER WE TRULY ARE A TEAM KENTUCKIAN.
>> AND I NOW LIKE TO INVITE LT.
GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN, SECOND GENTLEMEN CHRIS O'BRIEN, THEIR CHILDREN EVELYN, EMMA, WILL AND NATE TO COME TO THE PODIUM ALONG WITH JUDGE COLE ADAMS MAIER OF THE 25th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.
(APPLAUSE) >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I JACQUELINE LANE COLEMAN DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> I JACQUELINE LANE COLE PLN DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> AND THE STULINGS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
>> AND BE FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
>> AND BE FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
>> SO LONG AS I CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF.
>> SO LONG AS A CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
>> THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR FLER ACCORDING TO ALL.
>> THE OFFICE OF LT.
GOVERNOR AS ACCORDING TO ALL.
>> AND DO I FURTHER SOAMLY SWEAR.
>> AND I DO FURTHER SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> THAT SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
>> THAT SINCE THE A DOCHTION THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
>> I BEING A CITIZEN OF THIS STATE.
>> I BEING A CITIZEN OF THIS STATE.
>> HAVE NOT FOUGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS WITHIN THIS STATE NOR OUT OF IT.
>> I HAVE NOT FOUGHT A DUEL IN THIS STATE WITH DEADLY WEAPONS NOR OUT MUCH IT.
>> NOR HAVE I SENT OR ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE TO FIGHT A DUWELL DEADLY SWEPS.
>> NOR HAVE I SENT OR ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE TO FIGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS.
>> NOR HAVE I ACTED AS A SECOND IN CARRYING A CHALLENGE.
>> NOR HAVE I ACTED AS A SECOND IN CARRYING A CHALLENGE.
>> NOR AIDED OR ASSISTED ANY PERSON THUS O OFFENDING.
>> NOR AIDED OR ASSISTED ANY PERSON THUS OFFENDING.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
(APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU ALL, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT IN KENTUCKY'S BEAUTIFUL CAPITOL AS YOUR LT.
GOVERNOR AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER TAKE THIS OATH OF OFFICE TWICE.
(APPLAUSE) >> AS I LOOK AROUND TONIGHT I SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME AND MADE IT BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO THE WORK THAT I LOVE.
I SEE GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND THE FIRST FAMILY AND I AM GRATEFUL TO SERVE ALONGSIDE A MAN WHO TREATS EVERY KENTUCKY FAMILY LIKE HIS OWN.
AND I ALSO SEE TIME HONORED KENTUCKIANS LIKE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BEST KNOWN HOR FOLDING THE-- FOR HOLDING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER THROUGH A TIME OF GREAT DIVISION.
AND HENRY CLAY, WHO HISTORY HAS NICKNAMED THE GREAT COMPROMISER NOW IF YOU WERE TO WALK DOWN THE HALL TO THE WEST WING, WOULD YOU SEE THE FIRST FEMALE STATUTE-- STATUE IN OUR CAPITOL MISS NETTY DEB WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A TEACHER.
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, THROUGH THE TOUGHEST OF TIMES, FINDING COMMON GROUND ON THE BIGGEST ISSUES OF THE DAY, AND BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE ONE STUDENT AT A TIME.
THAT'S PRETTY FITTING, ISN'T IT GOVERNOR.
>> THE SYMBOLISM THAT SURROUNDS US TONIGHT IS IMPORTANT AND SO ARE THE LESSONS THAT WE DRAW FROM IT.
BUT WE ARE ALSO SHAPED BY WHAT WE DON'T SEE HERE TONIGHT MOST NOTABLY THERE IS AN EMPTY SPACE WHERE THE STATUE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS ONCE STOOD.
DURING THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THE BESHEAR COLEMAN ADMINISTRATION WE DID OUR PART FOR SYMBOLISM IN THIS PLACE TOO WE INSTALLED THE FIRST FEMALE STATUE EVER TO BE IN KENTUCKY'S CAPITOL.
AND WE REMOVED ONE THAT REPRESENTED DIVISION.
(APPLAUSE) >> BECAUSE EVERY KENTUCKIAN, YOUNG AND OLD, MALE AND FEMALE, ALL COLORS, ALL FAITHS DESERVE TO FEEL THAT THEY BELONG HERE, IF THIS IS TRULY TO BE THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN DOING JUST THAT, GOVERNOR.
(APPLAUSE) AS WE PREPARED FOR THIS INAUGURATION AND I THOUGHT OF THESE HISTORY-MAKING KENTUCKIANS, COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER HOW WILL WE BE REMEMBERED IN THIS MOMENT.
FOR STARTERS I AM NOT SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT THIS TIME.
YOU CAN CLAP FOR THAT.
THE ALMOST FOUR YEAR OLD IS ASLEEP BUT SHE IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT SHE THINKS IS A PRINCESS PARTY TOMORROW.
BUT AS THE GOVERNOR AND I REVISITED BOTH THE TRAGEDIES AND THE TRIUMPHS OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS SAY A SAYING THAT I OFTEN SAID AS A COACH CAME TO MIND.
IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT'S HOW YOU REACT TO IT THAT MATTERS.
SO IT WON'T BE BE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
OR HISTORIC TORNADOES, OR CATASTROPHIC FLOODING THAT WILL DEFINE US.
IT WILL BE HOW WE MOVED FORWARD TOGETHER.
I KNOW THAT WHAT I WILL REMEMBER IS HOW KENTUCKIANS SACRIFICE FOR EACH OTHER THROUGH UNCERTAIN TIMES.
NEIGHBORS AND EVEN COMPLETE STRANGERS SHOWING UP FOR ONE ANOTHER IN WHAT HAD TO BE THE DARKEST HOUR OF SO MANY FAMILIES LIVES.
AND LOCAL AND STATE LEADERS FULFILLING OUR PROMISE TO BE THERE UNTIL EVERY STRUCTURE AND EVERY LIFE IS REBUILT.
THE GOODNESS OF OUR PEOPLE RESTORED MY FAITH IN HUMANITY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT MADE ME WANT TO BE BETTER, MYSELF.
TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS SHOWING UP FOR YOU THE WAY YOU THAT WERE SHOWING UP FOR EACH OTHER.
AND YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT THAT IS WHAT WILL SHAPE OUR NEXT FOUR YEARS TOGETHER.
IT WON'T BE PARTISANSHIP OR POLITICAL GAMES.
OUR SERVICE HERE IS TOO SHORT TO BE WASTED THAT WAY.
AND I THINK LINCOLN AND CLAY WOULD AGREE.
INSTEAD IT WILL BE ABOUT PUTTING OUR STUDENTS FIRST.
ABOUT SUPPORTING THE EDUCATORS THAT SHOW UP FOR THEM EVERY DAY AND MAKING SURE OUR SCHOOLS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO.
BECAUSE YES, OUR ECONOMY IS BOOMING.
BUT WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT THAT THE FUTURE OF KENTUCKY'S ECONOMY IS IN OUR CLASSROOMS TODAY.
AND I THINK NETIE DEB WOULD AGREE WITH THAT TOO.
(APPLAUSE) SO IT'S FITTING THAT OUR EDUCATION FIRST ADMINISTRATION WOULD CHOOSE AN INAUGURAL THEME LIKE FORWARD TOGETHER.
THAT IS THE KIND OF KENTUCKY OUR KIDS DESERVE.
THAT IS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT VOTERS ASKED FOR.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN US.
BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
(APPLAUSE) >> CONGRATULATIONS LT.
GOVERNOR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMONWEALTH.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE GOVERNOR BESHEAR BACK TO THE PODIUM TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS WITH OUR ADJUTANT GENERAL.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR.
>> NEXT I WARRANT TO WELCOME AND RECOGNIZE MAJ. GEN. HALDANE LAMBERTTON.
FOUR YEARS AGO IN MY FIRST VERY ACT AS GOVERNOR I HAD THE HONOR OF ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER NAMING GENERAL LAMBERTTON AS KENTUCKY'S 53rd ADJUTANT GENERAL.
IN THE YEARS SINCE HE HAS COMMANDED NEARLY 8,000 MEMBERS OF THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD, WHICH IS THE BEST NATIONAL GUARD IN THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY.
WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW, LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW, IS THAT HE WOULD BE ASKED TO LEAD IN SOME OF THE TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS IN MEMORY.
THE GUARD HAS BEEN THERE FOR US EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE NEEDED THEM.
FROM THE FRONT LINES OF BATTLING A ONE IN EVERY HUNDRED YEAR PANDEMIC TO HELPING RESPOND TO THE DEADLY TORNADOES IN THE WEST IN 2021, AND BEING THERE TO RESCUE FAMILIES FROM FLOODING IN THE EAST, IN 2022, TOGETHER OUR GUARD MEMBERS ASSISTED IN HELPING SAVE MORE THAN 1400 KENTUCKIANS DURING THE FIRST 48 HOURS OF THAT FLOODING.
WHAT I STILL BELIEVE IS THE BEST EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN AN INITIAL 48 HOURS THAT WE HAVE SEEN TO ANY DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STAITLE OF AMERICA.-- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
(APPLAUSE) THEY HAVE DEPLOYED ON MANY FOREIGN MISSIONS AND TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION COMMISSIONS.
THROUGH IT ALL, GENERAL LAMBERTTON HAS LEAD ALONGSIDE MEMBERS OF AN INCREDIBLE NATIONAL GUARD.
SO TONIGHT I WILL BEGIN MY SECOND TERM A LOT LIKE I BEGAN MY FIRST.
BY AGAIN WELCOMING GENERAL LAMBERTTON AND MAKING THE FIRST ACTION THAT IS REQUIRED OF ANY GOVERNOR IN ONE TERM OR TWO, NAMING THE ADJUTANT GENERAL AND WE ARE EXCITED THAT HE WILL BE CONTINUING HIS LEADERSHIP WITH US.
GENERAL LAMBERTON I WOULD INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY UP HERE AS I SIGN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THEN WILL YOU BE SWORN IN AS OUR ADJUTANT GENERAL.
COME ON UP.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
(APPLAUSE) >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE DO YOU HALDANE HAM BERTON SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COMMONWEALTH AND BE FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY SO LONG AS YOU CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF, AND THAT WILL YOU FAITHFULLY EXECUTE TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY THE OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY ACCORDING TO LAW?
AND DO YOU FURTHER SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION YOU BEING A CITIZEN OF THIS STATE HAVE NOT FOUGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS WITHIN THIS STATE NOR OUT OF IT, NOR HAVE YOU SENT OR ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE TO FIGHT A DUEL WITH DEADLY WEAPONS WITHIN THIS STATE NOR ACTED AS SECOND IN CARRYING A CHALLENGE, NOR AIDED OR ASSISTED ANY PERSON THUS OFFENDING SO HELP YOU GOD.
>> I DO.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
(APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT AND JUST AS OUR GOVERNOR AND OUR LT.
GOVERNOR, NONE OF THE DUEL I HAVE FOUGHT IN INVOLVED DEADLY WEAPONS.
SO SINCERELY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REAPPOINTMENT AS THE ADJUTANT GENERAL FOR YOUR NATIONAL GUARD I AM GENUINELY HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE THE COMMANDING GENERAL FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WE'VE GOT IN THE GUARD AND ALSO OUR FOLKS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTS, THAT ALL OF US KNOW WHENEVER WE'RE GATHERED WITH OTHER TERRIFIC, SOLID, CREDIBLE PEOPLE IN ANY WORKING DYNAMIC, IT'S GOING TO BE A TERRIFIC SITUATION TO BE INVOLVED WITH, TO WORK WITH THOSE FOLKS.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT, SIR.
THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE GOT WITH YOUR NATIONAL GUARD.
THE MEN AND WOMEN YOU HAVE GOT IN THE GUARD, THEY JOINED THE GUARD TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THEY JOINED THE GUARD TO BE RESPONSE ICH ELEMENT FOR WHATEVER TYPE OF INCIDENT OR EVENT SHOULD WE GET CONFRONTED WITH, WHETHER IT IS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL, EVEN AT THE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.
AS YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT SEVERAL HUNDRED FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
SO THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN WE'VE GOT AND THE NATIONAL GUARD AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AS I JUST ELUDED TO, THEY JOINED OUR RANKS TO DO THIS.
THEY JOINED THE NATIONAL GUARD WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL DEPLOY, THEY WILL BE SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIESES.
THEY WILL BE SERVING ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STAITLE OR THEY WILL BE SERVING OVERSEAS AS WHATEVER MISSION THEY GET CONFRONTED WITH, CALLS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES OF THE MILITARY AND OF OUR COUNTRY, IN PARTICULAR.
AND JUST AS I WRAP THIS UP REAL QUICK, JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU, AS I DID KIND OF SUBTLY A MOMENT AGO.
SURE AS HECK, WHO ANTICIPATED THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE TYPE OF INCIDENTS OR EVENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO RESPOND TO, EITHER LOCALLY OR WITH SOME OF OUR FRIENDS SUCH AS THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, OR OTHER LIKE INCIDENTS.
I HAVE NO DOUBTS UNFORTUNATELY THAT THERE WILL BE INCIDENTS THAT CONFRONT US IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
AND I DON'T SAY THAT TO BE A NAYSAYER, I SAY THAT JUST TO YOUR ASSURANCE, REALLY TO EVERYBODY'S ASSURANCE THAT YOUR SOLDIERS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, WHATEVER THE EVENT OR INCIDENT WILL BE, THEY WILL BE THERE.
WE WILL BE THERE.
WE ARE SUPPORTING YOU, GOVERNOR BESHEAR, WE'RE SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH.
IT MAY SOUND KIND OF TRIET BUT YOU CAN BE PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN YOU'VE GOT IN THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD.
THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE)>> CONGRATULATIONS-- T ION, GENERAL AND HAL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO KENTUCKY AND OUR NATION, NOW IF YOU ENJOY BEAUTIFUL SINGING ARE YOU GOING TO ENJOY HEARING OUR NEXT FORMER, KEITH DEAN HAS PERFORMED AROUND THE WORLD WITH SEVERAL TOURS AND OPERA COMPANIES BUT HIS HOME IS RIGHT HERE IN FRANKFORT.
TONIGHT IS HE SINGING OUR STATE SONG.
THEN REVEREND DAVID SNARDON PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH DH LOUISVILLE WILL BRING OUR BENEDICTION.
KEITH?
♪ THE SUNSHINES BRIGHT.
♪ ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.
♪ PEACE ON EARTH.
♪ THE CHILDREN AT PLAY.
♪ THE CORN COBBS RIGHT.
♪ AND THE MEADOW IN FULL BLOOM.
♪ WHILE THE BIRDS MAKE MUSIC ALL THE DAY.
♪ ♪ HOW HAPPY AND MERRY AND BRIGHT.
♪ BY AND BY HARD TIMES.
♪ COME A KNOCKING AT OUR DOOR.
♪ AND OUR OLD KENTUCKY HOME GOOD NIGHT.
♪ WE HAVE NO MORE MY LADY.
♪ O WEEP NO MORE TODAY.
♪ WE WE WILL SING ONE SONG FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.
♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.
♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME SNOATD FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.
♪ (APPLAUSE) >> NO MATTER YOUR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, OUR YOUR BELIEFS, LET US NOW UNITE IN PRAYER.
IN THE NAME OF GOD THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING IN IF, WHO IN THE BEGINNING BROUGHT ORDER OUT OF CHAOS, WE HUMMABLY SUBMIT TO YOU HEAR OUR PRAYER.
FOCUS OUR GAZE ON YOU AND ALIGN US TO YOUR WILL.
LES OUR GOVERNOR THE HONORABLE BLESS ANDY BESHEAR, BLESS HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, MAY YOU ELEVATE THEM, COMFORT THEM, STRENGTHEN THEM, PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR THEM AND USE THEM FOR YOUR GLOVEE, THAT THROUGH THEIR SERVICE ALL PEOPLE ARE BLESSED.
MAY WE ABANDON THE IDEOLOGY OF SEPARATION, SEEING EACH OTHER AS ONLY BLUE OR RED, BLACK OR WHITE, POOR OR WEALTHY BUT MAY WE SEE EACH OTHER AS CHRIST SEES US, MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND WORTHY OF HIS SACRIFICE FOR OUR LIVES.
UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION MAY GOD EXTEND GOD'S HAND AND CONTINUALLY MAKE US-- MAKE USE OF OUR GOVERNOR TO LEAD THIS GREAT COMMONWEALTH THROUGH THE CHAL INGS WE FACE IN THE COMING DAYS.
CROWN HIS HEAD WITH WISDOM, ALIGN HIS HEART WITH YOUR PURPOSE, EMBOLDEN HIM TO TAKE UP THE BANNER OF THE DISENFRANCHISED, THE POOR, THE VULNERABLE, AND THE CASTAWAY.
WHATEVER YOU HAVE STARTED IN HIM, BRING IT TO FREUICIAN.
UNITE US, GOD, THAT THIS STATE MAY LIVE UP TO WHAT IT CALLED TO BE A MODEL FOR THE NATION IN HARMONY.
A TAPESTRY OF FAITHFUL HUMANITY, WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLE.
THIS IS OUR PRAYER.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS WHO LIVED, DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, AMEN, AND THANK GOD.
>> WE HAVE HAD SOME GREATS SPEAKERS TONIGHT AND NOW YOU HAVE ME, THAT IS WHERE IT WILL FALL.
STEVE, YOU DID THE TOAST FOUR YEARS AGO, DID LIKE EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE COME UP TO YOU AND SAY HEY, BE CAREFUL UP THERE, OR YOU'VE GOT THIS, OR IS THAT JUST FOR ME?
OKAY, ALL RIGHT, THAT IS KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING ON BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
WELL, AND I WILL PUT THIS OUT OUT THERE TO, ANDY DID ASK TO MAKE SURE HE COULD SEE THE REMARKS TONIGHT WHICH HE HAS NOT SEEN.
SO WE'LL JUST LET THIS GO.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND HONOR TO GIVE THIS TOAST.
BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THIS, I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT, JUST TO LOOK AROUND, TO SOAK THIS UP FOR A MINUTE OR TWO.
TO LOOK AT THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU.
AND REMEMBER IT.
EVERY ONE OF US WORKED HARD AND BELIEVED THIS NIGHT WHAT HAPPENED.
NOW WE'RE HERE CELEBRATING.
WE KNEW THE TEAM OF ANDY BESHEAR AND JACQUELINE COLEMAN WERE THE RIGHT TEAM FOR KENTUCKY.
WE KNEW WE HAD THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB IN THE OFFICE, AND WE'VE KEPT HIM HERE FOR KENTUCKY.
NOW I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM.
I WILL START WITH HOW WE MET.
TEN YEARS AGO IN A LITTLE LAW LIBRARY IN KENTUCKY, HE COMES IN, HE IS TELLING US THE PLAN FOR HOW HE IS GOING TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
I'M IN THERE WITH HIM, AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES I HAVE TO GO COACH LITTLE LEAGUE SOCCER FOR A YOUNG LADY WHO IS HERE IN THE KROWTD RIGHT-- CROWD RIGHT NOW.
AND I TURNED AND LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID ONE THING, I'M ALL IN.
AND I CAN TELL YOU NOW, TEN YEARS AFTER THAT HE IS THE BEST FRIEND I HAVE.
SINCE THAT DAY HE HAS NEVER ONCE ASKED ME WHERE I STOOD ON THINGS.
BECAUSE HE'S THE KIND OF PERSON WHO KNOWS WHEN YOU SAY IT, YOU MEAN IT AND HE KNOWS WE'RE ALL IN.
HE IS GENUINE, AND THAT'S A RARE THING THESE DAYS.
MANY OF US HERE ARE PROUD TO CALL HIM OUR FRIEND.
THE CARE AND COMPASSION WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS IS REAL.
AND IT WASN'T ALWAYS EASY OVER THESE PAST FOUR YEARS.
NO MATTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE, OR WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OUR STATE, WHEN WE SAW HIM ON TV TO COME OUT, WE KNEW HE CARED ABOUT YOU, AND HE CARED ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBOR, NO MATTER WHAT.
SO NOW AS I CONTINUE TO PASS OUT I WILL GET TO TELL A FEW STORIES.
THERE WAS ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS SAW THAT HE KEPTS POSTING AND IT ALWAYS ENDED UP BEING THE SUNRISE PICTURES.
I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS THE ONE ACTUALLY TAKING THE PICTURES FOR THE LONGEST TIME UNTIL ONE DAY HE WAS HERE AND SAW HIM POST A PICTURE AND LOOKED OUT THE APARTMENT WINDOW AND IT WAS THE SAME SUNRISE.
SO HE IS THE ONE TAKING THOSE.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A SUNRISE OR A SUNSET, HE'S PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE THINGS.
ON MORE THAN ONE VACATION HE WILL GATHER EVERYONE ON THE BEACH AND WILL YOU GO TRY TO FIND A SPOT FOR THE PERFECT SUNSET.
YOU MAY WALK 20 YARDS, YOU MAY WALK A MILE AND A HALF, UNTIL YOU FIND JUST THAT RIGHT SPOT.
SOMETIMES WE DO MISS SOME OF THE SUNRISE PHOTOS.
HE IS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM ALL.
WE TALK ABOUT BEING AWAY AND HAVING FUN WITH FAMILY, BOARD GAMES ON KENTUCKY LAKE ARE A FAVORITE.
ALWAYS IN THE EVENINGS AFTER A LONG DAY ON THE LAKE.
HE WON'T ADMIT IT BUT PERHAPS THERE WAS ONCE WHEN DID HE TRY TO GET UP AND SURF BEHIND A BOAT ON KENTUCKY LAKE.
NOW DID HE GET UP, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE THAT OUT THERE.
BUT HE MAY HAVE TRIED.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN ANOTHER TIME WHERE ARE YOU GOING DOWN A LAKE AND ARE YOU PULLING A TUBE, A FAVORITE OF ALL OF OURS AND HE MAY HAVE STOOD UP ON THE TUBE AND SOMEONE MAY HAVE THROWN A FOOTBALL TO HIM AND HE ATTEMPTED TO BACK FLIP TO CATCH IT, NOW, DID HE ACTUALLY CATCH THAT OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU ASK ASK HIM, YOU CAN ASK THE THE KIDS, YOU MAY GET DIFFERENT STORIES.
BUT I AM GOING TO GO BACK TO MY FIRST STATEMENT, I'M ALL IN.
ANDY LIVE THIS EVERY DAY, I'VE SEEN IT AND MANY OF YOU HAVE AS WELL HE'S HERE FOR HIS FAMILY, HE'S ALL IN FOR HIS FRIENDS.
AND HE'S ALL IN FOR KENTUCKY.
SO NOW WE GET READY TO TOAST.
WE TOAST FIRST TO THE FAMILY WHO LOVES AND SUPPORTS US AND HELPED GET EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT.
WE ARE AS OUR GLASSES TO OUR FRIENDS AND TO OUR FAMILIES AND TO ANDY BESHURE-- BESHEAR AND JACQUELINE COLEMAN AND TO FOUR MORE YEARS.
>> (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) PLAWS .
>> WAS IT GOOD?
>> ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A FULL DAY OF INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES TED AND WE HOPE YOU WILL BE BE ABLE TO ENJOY AS MANY OF THEM AS POSSIBLE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THERE, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND DRIVE HOME SAFELY.
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