“Vice President Kamala Harris has my enthusiastic support,” Shapiro said in his first statement since the news broke that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) would be Harris’ running mate.

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) praised Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) after Vice President Kamala Harris’ tapped Walz as her veep pick in his first statement since the news broke on Tuesday morning.

“Vice President Kamala Harris has my enthusiastic support—and I know that Governor Tim Walz is an exceptionally strong addition to the ticket who will help Kamala move our country forward,” Shapiro wrote in the statement.