President Trump spoke on the phone with the widow of Corey Comperatore, the man tragically killed during the assassination attempt at Saturday’s rally.
“He was very kind,” Corey’s widow Helen wrote on social media, saying that Trump told her, “he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead.”
She added that she told President Trump her husband, “left this world a hero, and God welcomed him in.”
🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: TRUMP CALLS WIDOW OF RALLY VICTIM, FAMILY PRAISES "KINDNESS"
Trump has reached out to the family of Corey Comperatore, the man killed during the incident at Trump's Pennsylvania rally.
According to Kelly Comperatore Meeder, the victim's sister, Trump called… pic.twitter.com/G12BeaPoWw
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 16, 2024
The New York Times says:
Donald Trump made a call on Tuesday to the widow of Corey Comperatore, the man killed at the rally, according to his sister, Kelly Comperatore Meeder. On Monday, Helen Comperatore, the widow, told The New York Post that she had not heard from the former president, and that she had declined to speak with President Biden when he called her after the shooting.
In a social media post shared with The New York Times by her sister-in-law, Helen Comperatore wrote that Trump had called to share his condolences. “He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead,” she wrote, adding that she had told the former president that her husband “left this world a hero, and God welcomed him in.”
Helen Comperatore had previously refused a call from Joe Biden, citing that he husband was a “devout Republican” and she didn’t want to talk to Biden.
Widow of firefighter killed by Trump shooter refused condolence call from Biden.
“I didn’t talk to Biden. 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.”
Helen Comperatore, the wife of firefighter volunteer… pic.twitter.com/quPvTk6sYN
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 15, 2024
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