{"id":2389203,"date":"2025-01-11T15:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winter-weather-limits-north-carolina-governors-inauguration-to-tv-speech-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T20:43:42","slug":"winter-weather-limits-north-carolina-governors-inauguration-to-tv-speech-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winter-weather-limits-north-carolina-governors-inauguration-to-tv-speech-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter weather limits North Carolina governor\u2019s inauguration to TV speech &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwinter-weather-limits-north-carolina-governors-inauguration-to-tv-speech-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389203&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Due to severe winter whether, \u2062North Carolina&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/banner-victories-in-2023-could-extend-school-choice-revolution-into-2024\/\" title=\"2023&#039;s banner victories may extend school choice revolution into 2024\">newly inaugurated governor<\/a>, Josh\u200d Stein, had to cancel an outdoor \u2063public inauguration ceremony. Instead, Stein delivered his inaugural address via television indoors in Raleigh. The\u2062 original plans\u2064 included\u2062 a swearing-in ceremony and public festivities,but forecasts predicting snow,sleet,and freezing rain led to the decision to \u200bpostpone these events,including a block party \u2063and \u200bofficial parties scheduled for the following nights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Winter weather limits North Carolina governor&rsquo;s inauguration to TV speech<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1932149\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> With an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">outdoor public inauguration ceremony canceled due<\/a> to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/winter-storm-severe-weather-e07fcb71025b86850e7f2a46f953a675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-winter-weather-heading-toward-west-coast\/\" title=\"More winter weather heading toward West Coast\">winter weather<\/a><\/a>, new North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein instead planned to kick off his term in office with a televised address indoors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Stein was to deliver a speech on Saturday in Raleigh, instead of the originally scheduled swearing-in ceremony outside the old Capitol building for the Democratic governor and other statewide executive branch officials within what is called the Council of State.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasts for snow, sleet and freezing rain Friday and parts of Saturday prompted the state inaugural committee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-inauguration-governor-weather-cancellation-3ff428fbc421574c6851db6fd35a0801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to call off public festivities<\/a>, including a block party that could be rescheduled. Official inauguration parties Friday and Saturday night also were postponed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3252920\/republicans-turn-next-year-governor-battle-party-2024-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>REPUBLICANS TURN TO 2025 GOVERNOR BATTLES AS PARTY LOOKS TO RIDE 2024 SUCCESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, center, takes the oath of office from state Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby, placing his hand on the Hebrew Bible held by Stein&rsquo;s wife, Anna, in the old Senate chamber of the 1840 Capitol Building in Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday, Jan. 1 ,2025 (AP Photo\/Gary D. Robertson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stein and several Council of State members &mdash; the lieutenant governor, attorney general and state treasurer among them &mdash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-new-governor-election-oath-8d2f4be11b5abaa025ba441305c50408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">had already taken their official oaths<\/a>&nbsp;in private or in small ceremonies early in the new year. Stein, who succeeded term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, gave a brief speech at his Jan. 1&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-new-governor-election-oath-8d2f4be11b5abaa025ba441305c50408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">swearing-in<\/a>. Saturday&rsquo;s address, being streamed by North Carolina public television, was expected to go longer.<\/p>\n<p>Stein, the attorney general for the past eight years who defeated then-Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in November, already has signaled the Hurricane Helene recovery as a top early-term priority. He has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-governor-hurricane-relief-539ae9c03423287968daae0a5d90e3b6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">visited western North Carolina<\/a>&nbsp;twice since Jan. 1 and issued a half-dozen executive orders on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-clawing-out-of-deficit-with-smaller-government-and-boosted-revenue-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"California clawing out of deficit with smaller government and boosted revenue - Washington Examiner\">state government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s response to the historic flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Republican state legislative leaders sounded hopeful on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-legislature-opening-new-speaker-9008424dd87d2aeea84a7ef606e2cf37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">General Assembly&rsquo;s opening day this week<\/a>&nbsp;that they could work with Stein to approve more hurricane recovery money early in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On more partisan issues, Stein is in a better position compared to Cooper since 2023 to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-election-legislature-josh-stein-veto-d64205f9bd75bc3a8fa952ca35a8e7ac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">permanently block legislation<\/a>&nbsp;that he vetoes. Republicans are now one&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-legislature-close-elections-certification-90d64110f324f216da21f1aed3a1ac3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House seat short<\/a>&nbsp;of holding a veto-proof majority in the legislature, meaning Stein&rsquo;s vetoes can hold if House Democrats remain united.<\/p>\n<p>When Cooper became governor in 2017, approaching snow and sleet forced cancellations of a public swearing-in ceremony and inaugural parade. Four years later, after Cooper&rsquo;s reelection, COVID-19 restrictions derailed gatherings. 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