Speaking to an audience at Young America’s Foundation in Houston on August 4, Pence told the audience that he got the vaccine and referred to vaccine-development program Operation Warp Speed as an “American medical miracle.”

“I got the shot, my family got the shot,” Pence told his Republican audience in Texas. “I want to encourage anyone here who hasn’t gotten the shot, who is eligible, to go get it. And if you’re not sure about it, go ask your doctor and get the very best advice that you can.”

Pence joins the ranks of GOP officials who have come out in recent weeks in support of the vaccine. He was one of the first public officials to get the vaccine, and declared when he received it that he “didn’t feel a thing.”

Pence is not the only GOP lawmaker voicing support for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell is using his campaign funds to run ads in Kentucky to encourage more people to get the COVID-19 jab.

Tennessee state GOP Rep. David Byrd, who last June voted for a resolution that accused the media of sensationalizing COVID-19, is also now encouraging people to get the vaccine. Byrd experienced organ failure and spent 55 days on a ventilator after catching the virus around Thanksgiving last year.