Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Ambler, Pa., on July 29, 2024. Hannah Beier/Getty Images
A bipartisan group of five former Pennsylvania governors urged state leaders on Monday to prioritize the security of Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family, days after a gunman breached security at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and a year after an arsonist set fires inside the Governor’s Residence while the Shapiros slept.
The joint statement from Democrats Tom Wolf and Ed Rendell and Republicans Tom Corbett, Mark Schweiker, and Tom Ridge was distributed on April 27 by the office of Shapiro, a Democrat. It mentioned Saturday’s incident at the Washington Hilton and the April 13, 2025, arson attack in Harrisburg.