Trump Called Corey Comperatore's Widow. Here's What She Told Him.

Townhall ^ | 07/17/2024 | Leah Barkoukis

[SeekAndFind]

The widow of the volunteer firefighter who was fatally shot at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday said she received a phone call from former President Donald Trump.

“President Trump called me to share his condolences,” Helen Comperatore wrote on social media. “He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead. I told him the same thing I told everyone else. [Her husband Corey] left this world a hero and God welcomed him in. He did not die in vain that day.”

JUST IN: The widow of Corey Comperatore has received a call from President Donald Trump after her husband was shot at the PA rally.

"He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead," Helen Comperatore said.

Helen told Trump that her husband "left this world a hero, and God welcomed him in."

Helen and Corey were high school sweethearts. Helen said her husband loved his hometown and refused to ever leave.

"You couldn’t have paid him to move from his hometown. This was his home. These were his people," Corey's sister said.

"There just isn’t an adjective strong enough for you all to understand exactly how shattered we are."

pic.twitter.com/AidZKYaypO— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 16, 2024

The father of two died protecting his family when shots rang out, ordering them to "get down" and then shielding their bodies with his own. 

He had been so excited to attend his first rally for Mr. Trump that he woke up early to get in line, even after a late evening at a Chris Stapleton concert, Ms. Comperatore Meeder said. He texted their mother that he and his family had been able to switch seats to get closer to the president. Their mother, Ms. Comperatore Meeder said, wanted him to wave at the television cameras so she could watch him.

When the shooting occurred minutes into Mr. Trump’s speech, Mr. Comperatore dove to shield his family members from gunfire, according to Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Comperatore Meeder said she held media outlets “very much responsible” for her brother’s death because of the way she believes they have depicted Mr. Trump and his supporters. (NYT)

President Biden also reached out to Helen, but the widow said she did not take the call. 

“I didn’t want to talk to him. My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him," she told the New York Post. 

“I support Trump. That’s who I’m voting for, but I don’t have ill will towards Biden,” she added. “He didn’t do anything bad to my husband. A 20-year-old despicable kid did.”

A Trump-backed fundraiser for the victims of Saturday's shooting smashed its $1 million goal, reaching more than $5 million by Wednesday. 

[z3n]

Lo-info wife. Not the only one in the country.

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Maybe she said this more for the media than for Trump. “He didn’t do anything bad to my husband. A 20-year-old despicable kid did.”

Maybe she is smarter than you think. She lost her husband and might be feeling a little exposed and threaten with everything that is going on, and realizes the regime that is currently in power that there is a deep state that has no sympathy for a widow if she says the wrong thing about the wrong people.

[sevinufnine]

As a widow who also watched my husband of35 years die suddenly and unexpectedly before my eyes, do not judge her. Your stance on her reaction while still in birth pains of grief hits me the wrong way.

[gibsonguy]

Yeah it is an opportunity lost. It would been a chance to focus the blame where it belongs. Low info voter but at least she has avoided the hell that would rain down on her if she spoke truth.

[laplata]

Thanks for confirming Trump’s attendance. We all knew he would not miss it because that’s the kind of good soul he is.

[laplata]

Back off. She is still very traumatized. Don’t second guess the poor woman.

[CatOwner]

Yeah it is an opportunity lost. It would been a chance to focus the blame where it belongs. Low info voter but at least she has avoided the hell that would rain down on her if she spoke truth.

I don't agree with that either. She shouldn't have blamed *or* not blamed Biden. She chose the latter.

[gibsonguy]

I did not mean Traitor Joe.

[Magic Fingers]

“Probably, but that’s all shoulda, woulda, coulda. No one knows how they would respond if they were in a situation like this, she’s heartbroken.”

We have an ample supply of know-it-alls and keyboard tough guys.

[laplata]

Lo-info wife.

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You’re full of it. she is still traumatized. Don’t second guess her. And your calling her “low-info” is crude. She’s probably more informed and knowledgeable than you are. Didn’t you read anything about her husband? You’re a fool.

[Magic Fingers]

“As a widow who also watched my husband of35 years die suddenly and unexpectedly before my eyes, do not judge her. Your stance on her reaction while still in birth pains of grief hits me the wrong way.”

No shortage of blowhards here.

[hinckley buzzard]

She just lost her husband. Leave her alone.

[9YearLurker]

Didn’t have to go there at all.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I hope he invites her to the State of the Union.

[9YearLurker]

Going for the personal insults here, eh?

[Bonemaker]

Clinton blamed Rush for Oklahoma City bombing.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Let her get over her grief. Crooks is the one who shot her husband, and at whom she correctly turns her ire. On a one-on-one basis Trump really is a mensch, not something that is true of most career politicians.

[sevinufnine]

I know. They thrive everywhere.

[CatOwner]

I hope he invites her to the State of the Union.

Her husband's funeral is on Saturday, I believe. I don't think this is happening, especially for someone who isn't very political, based on the article.

[Jaysin]

i hear ya. and imagine Biden’s responses!!!

you have no clue what could come out of his mouth since he doesn’t know.

he’s dumb and ill enough to say that he’ll shower with her children

[Indy Pendance]

Yes we do. It’s always been that way though. Sometimes the best response is no response. We’re almost FR twins!