It's official: Andy Beshear sworn in as 63rd governor of Kentucky at midnight

[brooklynite]

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

Andy Beshear officially became the 63rd governor of Kentucky just after midnight Tuesday morning in a private swearing-in ceremony in the governor’s mansion.

Hours before the public pomp of Inauguration Day, Beshear was sworn into office by Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle M. Keller.

“This ceremony marks a new chapter, it’s a chance to breathe out the past and usher in the future,” Beshear told a small crowd of friends and family. “Kentucky’s oath of office may sound a little outdated to some, but speaking it’s words created in me a sense of gratefulness, humility, excitement.”

Beshear then thanked his family, including his brother Jeff, who emceed the event, and his father, former Gov. Steve Beshear. With the oath of office, Beshear became the first child of a governor to win the state’s highest office. At 42, Beshear is also the youngest governor since former Governor Ned Breathitt took office in 1963.

Read more: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article238188589.html

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[Iliyah]

1. Are the Republican majority gonna do what

Republican majority did in WI - stripping and degrading Governor's powers?

I hope not.

[brooklynite]

4. Michigan and Wisconsin leg did it in the interim period before Dem Governors took office

Any they tried now would be vetoed.

[Bayard]

2. Yay for our new Governor!

Next stop: Moscow Mitch

[lagomorph777]

5. Send Mitch back to Moscow.

[marble falls]

3. They can delay us, but they aren't going to stop us. And we can't let frustrate us into ...

using their tactics and become the mendacious cynical actors they are.

[True Blue American]

6. His Father is on his right.

He created one of the best Health care systems in the country. Then the idiots voted Republican.