The final words spoken by a father of two who was shot dead at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania have been revealed, as his wife said she will not take President Joe Biden’s phone call because the victim was a “devout Republican.”
Corey Comperatore, 50, died Saturday night while trying to protect his wife and daughter moments after Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, opened fire.
“He’s my hero,” said his wife, Helen Comperatore. he told the New York Post.
“He just said ‘Get down!’ That was the last thing he said.”
President Biden has since attempted to offer his condolences to the Comperatore family, but Helen said she wanted nothing to do with him.
Corey Comperatore, 50, a former volunteer firefighter, died Saturday night while trying to protect his wife and daughter after Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, opened fire.
“I don’t talk to Biden,” he said. “I didn’t want to talk to him.
“My husband was a staunch Republican and would not have wanted me to talk to him,” she explained.
Helen added that she has “no ill will” towards the president.
“I’m not one of those people who gets involved in politics,” he told the Post.
‘I support Trump, that’s who I’ll vote for, but I have no hard feelings towards Biden.
“He didn’t do anything to my husband, a despicable 20-year-old did it.”
Helen Comperatore, Corey’s wife, has told how he told her and their daughter to “get down”.
Corey was shot in the head during a protest in Butler, Pennsylvania, over the weekend.
Helen said she and her husband, who were high school sweethearts, were about to celebrate their 29th wedding anniversary when they headed to the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, to support the former president.
“The kids and I were there as a family,” he said.
“I was very excited. It was going to be a nice day with the family.”
Comperatore enthusiastically shared his plans for X.
But the rally turned into tragedy when Crooks opened fire from a rooftop just 130 yards from where Trump stood.
While trying to protect his wife and daughter, Comperatore, a former volunteer firefighter, was shot in the head.
Helen said she refused to take President Joe Biden’s condolence call because her husband was a “devout Republican.”
An emergency room doctor who attended Donald Trump’s rally has revealed how he performed CPR on Comperatore after he was hit by a bullet intended for the former president.
“I heard the gunshots. At first I thought they were firecrackers. Someone there was yelling, ‘He’s been shot, he’s been shot,'” said the man wearing a blood-spattered white U.S. T-shirt. “So I went over and told them I was an emergency doctor. Let me help you.”
“The guy turned around and got caught between the benches and got shot in the head,” he told CBS News.
“I gathered him together and got people to help me a lot. I also did chest compressions and CPR.”
But the 50-year-old man was later declared dead.
Helen said she now wants America to remember Corey as a “very loving husband.”
“He was a simple man, but he always put his wife and children first,” he said.
“I didn’t do anything here. I didn’t lift a finger. He did everything.”
Helen said she now wants America to remember Corey as a “very loving husband.”
A online fundraising The campaign set up to help the Comperatore family after the tragedy has already raised more than a million dollars.
Donald Trump’s campaign has also raised more than $4 million for the families of the three men killed and wounded in Saturday’s assassination attempt.
At the time of writing this article, the account number authorized by Trump GoFundMe was at $4,328,763 – more than four times its initial target of $1 million.
All donations will be distributed among Comperatore’s family, as well as those of David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74, who were injured in the attack.
Trump’s team confirmed the authenticity of the GoFundMe to The Hill, as the two living victims are said to be in hospitals in stable condition.
“President Donald Trump has authorized this account as a place to make donations to the supporters and families injured or killed in today’s brutal and horrific assassination attempt,” reads a description on the heavily trafficked website.
‘All donations will go to these proud Americans as they suffer and recover.
“May God bless and unite our nation,” he concludes.
Donald Trump’s campaign has raised more than $4 million for the families of the three men killed and wounded in Saturday’s assassination attempt.
Over 358 million people took to the comments to show their support, while an astronomical 56,500 people opened their figurative wallets.
The top donation appeared to come from former Trump donor Steve Wynn, a billionaire former casino operator who has lobbied tirelessly for the GOP front-runner.
That gift amounted to a staggering $50,000, from a man hand-picked by Trump to be finance chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2017.
“The donations that are coming into the community and across the country are more than I can imagine,” Helen told the Post of the fundraising efforts.
“It’s more than I can comprehend, but he deserves everything. He deserves everything,” she said of her late husband.
Trump was also shot in the right ear by Crooks, who opened fire with an AR-style rifle from a rooftop 130 yards from the MAGA event.
Secret Service agents rushed to hold the former president down as gunshots rang out.
Trump was also shot in the right ear by Crooks, who opened fire with an AR-style rifle from a rooftop 130 yards from the MAGA event.
The former president was seen clutching his head and crouching as screams from terrified onlookers ran out.
He then stood up, clenched his fist and shouted “fight, fight, fight” as the Secret Service quickly carried him off the stage and into a motorcade.
An investigation into the shooting is currently underway, as officials question how the gunman was able to place his AR-style rifle just over 100 yards from the former president.
