Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said President Donald Trump called him over the weekend in a “very gracious” call about the arson attack on his family at the governor’s residence earlier this month.

The Pennsylvania governor hosted an Easter Egg hunt at the residence on Tuesday, marking the first public event since a man allegedly started a fire with Molotov cocktails at the mansion. The blaze occurred in the middle of the night, while Shapiro and his family were sleeping, and the alleged attacker planned to beat the governor with a sledgehammer if he found him, per court documents.

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Several politicians expressed their outrage over the attempt on Shapiro’s family, with the governor discussing his call with Trump on Tuesday.

“I appreciated that the president called me,” Shapiro told reporters, according to NBC News. “I actually didn’t take his call because it came from his cellphone and I didn’t have that number in my phone, so I didn’t know who it was. As soon as I heard his message, I called him right back.”

Shapiro also said Trump was “very gracious” and the two “talked for a couple minutes about what transpired at the residence.”

Trump spoke about the incident last week, when he told reporters the attack was committed by a “whack job.”

“But the attacker was not a fan of Trump. I understand just from what I read and from what I’ve been told,” Trump said in the Oval Office last week. “The attacker basically wasn’t a fan of anybody. It’s probably just a whack job. And certainly, a thing like that cannot be allowed to happen.”

SCHUMER URGES DOJ TO INVESTIGATE SHAPIRO ARSON ATTACK AS FEDERAL HATE CRIME

Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on the Justice Department to open an investigation into whether the incident was a hate crime against Shapiro, after the suspect reportedly targeted the Jewish governor over his support for Israel.

“Given the deeply troubling allegations that the suspect targeted Governor Shapiro based in part on his religious identity, the April 13 incident warrants immediate and serious federal scrutiny,” the letter from Schumer to Attorney General Pam Bondi said.