NEIL CAVUTO (HOST): Have you had a chance, Governor, to talk to the president about this? 

GOV. PAT MCCRORY: The president has not called. I haven't called him. We actually were not made aware of this by local authorities for a fairly long period of time. I think the local authorities, frankly dealt with this in the first several hours just as an act of vandalism. And this is much more than an act of vandalism. And that's one reason I called the SBI, to ensure that we have an SBI agent actively involved with local authorities in this investigation, but I think initially this wasn't taken that seriously by some of the local authorities. But it is now. And again I appreciate the mayor's comment, but I hope the White House treats this as seriously as they would if it happened to the other party. And I would as governor, and I'm sure the president would, too. But this type of a Molotov cocktail being thrown into a window in probably the dead of night, I'm just glad no one got hurt. But it is a clear sign of intimidation and it's unacceptable in our country and unacceptable here in North Carolina. 

CAVUTO: It comes certainly after Matthew and you've dealt with 26 people dying from that storm, that's the latest count I have, many homeless as a result. Yet today on this your 60th birthday, a group called Writers for Progressive North Carolina, purchased a full page ad blasting you, blasting your leadership of the state, chasing business away, saying that the progressive bent North Carolinians has been compromised under your leadership. I think they're going back to the transgender bathroom issue, HB visa issue. But, what do you make of all that? 

MCCRORY: I wish they would have saved their money and not spent it on a ridiculous political propaganda. And maybe would have donated that money to a lot of the homeless people that we have right now that are flooded out of their homes over about a two or three hundred square mile area in North Carolina. That’s about a 600 square mile area of North Carolina. That money would have been much better spent helping people who are in shelters at this point in time from Lumberton, North Carolina all the way to the Tar River area of North Carolina. We've got a lot of people that are hurting right now. This is not a time for those types of foolish politics nor is it a time for this type of violence trying to impact our Democratic system. This is all a propaganda campaign brought in from outside North Carolina that sadly the national media brought in to regarding this ridiculous gender debate which the left started, not the right. And sadly its probably going to be determined by the Supreme Court. But right now I have much more important issues on my plate regarding trying to get our state back in place. I'm having areas of the state being flooded right now as we speak, even though the hurricane left North Carolina over nine days ago.

Previously:

After NCAA, ACC Pull-Out Of North Carolina, Editorials Slam Gov. McCrory For Continued Support Of HB 2

Media React To “Insane,” “Atrocious,” “Absolutely Off-The-Rails” Statement From North Carolina GOP

NY Times Editorial Board Calls For Repeal Of North Carolina’s Discriminatory HB 2