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The wife of Corey Comperatore, who died at the Trump rally, said Trump had not called her as of Monday.
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Corey Comperatore died shielding his family during an assassination attempt on Trump at a rally.
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Helen Comperatore said Biden called her. On Tuesday, she shared that Trump called her, per The New York Times.
The wife of Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, told The New York Post in an interview on Monday that the former president had not yet contacted her since the shooting on Saturday.
After the Post’s report, Helen Comperatore said in a social media post that Trump called her on Tuesday, according to The New York Times.
Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old former fire chief from Pennsylvania, was a supporter of Trump and attended the rally with his wife and daughters. His family said he was shot while shielding them from the gunfire.
In an interview with The New York Post that was published Monday at 4:44 p.m. ET, his wife, Helen Comperatore, said her husband was her “hero” and that the last thing he said to them was “get down!”
Helen Comperatore told the outlet that, at that point, she had not heard from Trump. The former president said he was shot during the rally; two others were shot and critically wounded.
Representatives for the Trump campaign, the White House, and the Biden campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider. BI attempted to reach Helen Comperatore through email.
“He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead,” she said of Trump on social media, according to The Times.
Corey Comperatore’s sister told The Times the family also spoke with representatives of the Trump campaign on Monday night.
In his first statement after the shooting on Saturday, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured.”
In another post on Sunday, Trump added, “Our love goes out to the other victims and their families. We pray for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed.”
Trump’s team has also shared a link to a GoFundMe that was “authorized” by the former president and is raising funds that will go towards the victims’ families. The page had accrued more than $4.5 million in donations as of Monday evening.
On Sunday, Trump arrived in Milwaukee for the Republican National Committee convention, which kicked off on Monday. Trump was formally nominated as the GOP candidate for president and announced he had selected Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his vice presidential running mate.
Helen Comperatore told the Post her family did receive a call from President Joe Biden, but that she did not speak with him.
“I didn’t talk to Biden. I didn’t want to talk to him,” she said. “My husband was a devout Republican, and he would not have wanted me to talk to him.”
While some Republicans, including Vance, blamed Biden’s rhetoric for the attempted assassination of Trump, the FBI has not identified a motive for the shooting.
Helen Comperatore said she did not think Biden was responsible for her husband’s death. She told the Post she is voting for Trump but that she is not very involved in politics.
“I don’t have any ill-will towards Joe Biden,” she said, adding, “He didn’t do anything to my husband. A 20-year-old despicable kid did.”
Update, July 16, 2024: Helen Comperatore said in a social media post that Trump called her on Tuesday, according to The New York Times. Corey Comperatore’s sister told the Times the family also spoke with representatives of the Trump campaign on Monday night.
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