{"id":2297528,"date":"2024-07-17T07:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T11:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-widow-of-corey-comperatore-the-man-killed-during-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T07:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T11:38:21","slug":"trump-contacts-widow-of-corey-comperatore-victim-of-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-contacts-widow-of-corey-comperatore-victim-of-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump contacts widow of Corey Comperatore, victim of assassination attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-contacts-widow-of-corey-comperatore-victim-of-assassination-attempt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2297528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Trump called Helen\u2062 Comperatore, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-has-officially-gone-gender-crazy\/\" title=\"Congress Has Officially Gone Gender Crazy\">widow<\/a>\u2063 of Corey \u200cComperatore, who was killed during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a> at a political rally. Corey Comperatore,\u200d a former\u200c fire chief, sacrificed himself to \u2062shield his family from the gunfire. Helen Comperatore\u200b shared details of \u2062their conversation \u2064on Facebook, \u2062expressing gratitude\u200c for his kindness and \u200dreassurance that her\u200b husband&#8217;s sacrifice was not in \u200cvain. Trump \u200dpromised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-portnoys-barstool-fund-will-become-established-charity-help-entrepreneurs-for-decades-to-come\/\" title=\"Dave Portnoy\u2019s \u2018Barstool Fund\u2019 Will Become Established Charity, Help Entrepreneurs For \u2018Decades\u2019 To Come\">continue supporting<\/a> her in the days to \u200ccome.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump calls widow of Corey Comperatore, the man killed during assassination attempt<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1704939\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Donald Trump<\/a> called Helen Comperatore on Tuesday to offer his condolences over the death of her husband, Corey.<\/p>\n<p>Corey Comperatore was the man killed during the assassination attempt at Trump&rsquo;s political rally on Saturday. He was 50 years old and survived by his wife and two daughters. He was a former fire chief and volunteer fireman in Butler County. He was killed while shielding his family from the gunfire that was intended to assassinate Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>She posted about Trump&rsquo;s phone call on her Facebook account, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/16\/us-news\/widow-of-slain-rally-attendee-corey-comperatore-says-trump-called-her\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the <\/a><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/16\/us-news\/widow-of-slain-rally-attendee-corey-comperatore-says-trump-called-her\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I told him the same thing I told everyone else. He left this world a hero and God welcomed him in. He did not die in vain that day,&rdquo; she <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us-news\/who-was-corey-comperatore-victim-killed-at-trumps-pa-rally\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, it was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3084438\/widow-of-victim-at-trump-rally-refused-call-from-president-joe-biden\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that President Joe Biden attempted to contact her and offer his condolences. She declined to speak to him, however, saying that she was a Trump supporter, as was her husband.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t talk to Biden,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/15\/us-news\/corey-comperatores-widow-refused-biden-call-after-trump-rally-shooting\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comperatore said<\/a>. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to talk to him. My husband was a devout Republican, and he would not have wanted me to talk to him.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She elaborated on why she decided not to talk to Biden. She claimed she did not have any ill will toward Biden; she just preferred not to talk to him and was apolitical.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have any ill will toward Joe Biden,&rdquo; she told the Post. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not one of those people that gets involved in politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I support Trump. That&rsquo;s who I&rsquo;m voting for, but I don&rsquo;t have ill will toward Biden,&rdquo; Comperatore said. &ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t do anything bad to my husband. A 20-year-old despicable kid did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1704939\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1704939\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump reached out to Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore who was killed during an assassination attempt at a political rally. Trump offered his condolences and reassured her that he would continue to support her in the coming days. Despite President Joe Biden also attempting to offer his condolences, Helen declined to speak to him as she and her husband were both Trump supporters. She clarified that her decision was not based on any ill will towards Biden, but rather her preference to stay apolitical. Helen emphasized that she supports Trump but does not harbor any negative feelings towards Biden, as he was not responsible for her husband&#8217;s death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2297529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sercret-service.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,27532,35003,3634,10080],"class_list":["post-2297528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-condolences","tag-corey-comperatore","tag-trump","tag-widow"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sercret-service.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2297528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2297529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2297528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2297528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2297528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}