Donald Trump Jokes About Corey Comperatore At Rally

Donald Trump made a joke on Wednesday about Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who was shot and killed during an assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. Speaking at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night, Trump joked: “But you know what? Corey’s wife said; ‘I’d rather have my husband’.
Donald Trump Jokes About Corey Comperatore At Rally

Donald Trump made a joke on Wednesday about Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who was shot and killed during an assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

Speaking at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night, Trump joked: “But you know what? Corey’s wife said; ‘I’d rather have my husband’. Isn’t that good? I know a lot of wives who would not say that, I’m sorry. They would not say that.”

He added: “But now it’s a great family. He was a great man. He was a brave man. He saw what was happening and he jumped on top.”

Comperatore, who was sitting behind the former president, was killed when 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on Trump on July 13. Trump’s ear was wounded in the incident, and two others were critically injured. Crooks was later killed by Secret Service agents.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said that Comperatore, a father of two, ” died a hero” after diving on top of his family. “He dove protecting his family. Took a bullet for them,” Shapiro said.

Trump’s event in Harrisburg on Wednesday was the first time he had returned to Pennsylvania since the assassination attempt.

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