{"id":2300764,"date":"2024-07-19T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-honors-rallygoer-who-was-killed-in-assassination-attempt\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:38:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:38:07","slug":"trump-pays-tribute-to-rally-attendee-killed-in-assassination-attempt-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pays-tribute-to-rally-attendee-killed-in-assassination-attempt-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pays tribute to rally attendee killed in 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-pays-tribute-to-rally-attendee-killed-in-assassination-attempt-7%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=2300764&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>Former President Donald Trump paid tribute to fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore,\u200c who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally during an assassination attempt. Trump honored Comperatore during his GOP convention speech, calling him a selfless hero who\u200b acted as\u2062 a human \u2064shield to \u200bprotect \u200bhis family from gunfire. \u200bTrump kissed Comperatore&#8217;s firefighter helmet on \u2064stage and shared his own experience of surviving the assassination attempt. Despite being shot \u200dat, Trump credited divine intervention for saving his life and praised the\u200c rally\u2063 crowd for remaining \u2062calm in the face of danger. Trump&#8217;s emotional\u2062 recounting of the incident and his gratitude for surviving resonated with supporters at the convention.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump honored the fallen firefighter who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally last weekend with a tribute during the Republican nominee&rsquo;s GOP convention speech Thursday night. Corey Comperatore, 50, was fatally shot in an assassination attempt that left two other rallygoers injured and part of the former president&rsquo;s right ear blown off. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was a highly respected former fire chief,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;He lost his life selflessly, acting as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pays-tribute-to-rally-attendee-killed-in-assassination-attempt-4\/\" title=\"Trump pays tribute to rally attendee killed in assassination attempt\">human shield&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to protect his family from &ldquo;flying bullets.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Trump proceeded to walk over to Comperatore&rsquo;s firefighter uniform and kiss the helmet on stage.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump pays homage to Corey Comperatore, the firefighter killed in the wake of Trump&#8217;s assassination attempt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UkHDrma4EA\">pic.twitter.com\/UkHDrma4EA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustyrockets\/status\/1814130937573048576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pays-tribute-to-rally-attendee-killed-in-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Trump pays tribute to rally attendee killed in assassination attempt\">45th president opened<\/a> his third nomination acceptance speech Thursday by explaining his experience of an assassination attempt, which he survived by tilting his head at the last second to read a chart on immigration.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll never hear it from me a second time because it&rsquo;s actually too painful to tell,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Donald Trump tells the story about how he almost lost his life on Saturday, says he will never tell the story again because it&#8217;s too painful.   <\/p>\n<p>You are witnessing history.  <\/p>\n<p>Less than a week ago, this man was a quarter inch from death.  <\/p>\n<p>Today, he is giving the most&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1qbO1dZH9d\">pic.twitter.com\/1qbO1dZH9d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1814132941678854412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former president described a routine day on the campaign trail where &ldquo;the crowd was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pays-tribute-to-rally-attendee-killed-in-assassination-attempt-3\/\" title=\"Trump pays tribute to rally attendee killed in assassination attempt\">cheering wildly&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and &ldquo;everybody was happy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that after a bullet slammed his ear, he &ldquo;immediately knew it was very serious, that we were under attack. &hellip; There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way, I felt very safe because I had God on my side.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if I had not moved my head at that very last instant, the assassin&rsquo;s bullet would have perfectly hit its mark and I would not be here tonight,&rdquo; Trump added. <\/p>\n<p>Trump also celebrated the crowd for refusing to stampede at the sound of multiple gunshots fired. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This massive crowd of tens of thousands of people stood by and didn&rsquo;t move an inch,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;In fact, many of them bravely but automatically stood up looking for where the sniper would be &hellip; and then began pointing at him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump was instantly lionized Saturday when he rose from the stage and fist-pumped into the air with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pays-tribute-to-rally-attendee-killed-in-assassination-attempt-2\/\" title=\"Trump pays tribute to rally attendee killed in assassination attempt\">blood-soaked face<\/a> while screaming, &ldquo;Fight!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The crowd realized I was OK and roared with pride for our country like no crowd I have ever heard before,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Never heard anything like it. For the rest of my life, I will be grateful for the love shown by that giant audience of patriots that stood bravely on that fateful evening in Pennsylvania.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will testify about the agency&rsquo;s cascade of security failures before the House Oversight Committee on Monday. Cheatle reiterated her <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/18\/secret-service-director-refuses-resign-continuity-operations-enabled-trump-assassin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refusal<\/a> to resign after a cadre of senators <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/18\/senators-confront-secret-service-chief-at-rnc-following-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confronted<\/a> her on Wednesday at the GOP convention.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, told The Federalist in a Thursday interview his committee would subpoena the Secret Service chief if she refused to appear before his panel as well.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his GOP convention speech, former President Donald Trump paid tribute to Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who was killed in an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Trump described Comperatore as a selfless hero who acted as a human shield to protect his family from flying bullets. Trump also shared his own experience of surviving an assassination attempt, where he narrowly avoided being shot in the head. Despite the chaos and danger, Trump praised the crowd for remaining calm and not stampeding. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will testify about security failures before the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Mark Green has stated that the committee will subpoena her if necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2300765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-RNC.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[28337,4433,9122,3634],"class_list":["post-2300764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-attendee","tag-rally","tag-tribute","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-RNC.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300764","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}