The widow of a former volunteer fire chief killed at a Trump rally on Saturday rejected a call from President Joe Biden following the shooting, according to the New York Post.
Helen Comperatore, widow of fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore, said she refused to speak to Biden after her husband's death. according to According to the New York Post, Corey, a volunteer firefighter and father of two, was killed in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he had been attending a rally with his family.
Firefighter Corey Comperatore's widow refuses Biden call after Trump rally shooting: 'I didn't want to talk to him' https://t.co/q73faTHW57 pic.twitter.com/i21lVOz6Iw
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“I didn't speak to Biden,” Helen told the New York Post. “I didn't want to talk to him. My husband is a staunch Republican and I don't think he would have wanted me to talk to him.” (RELATED: GoFundMe for victims of Trump rally shooting raises more than $2M in 14 hours)
BUTLER, PA – JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump is hurriedly escorted off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents after suffering a gunshot wound during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Helen made her stance on politics clear and expressed no animosity towards Biden. “I bear no ill will towards Joe Biden. I am not a political person. I support Trump. Trump is who I vote for, but I bear no ill will towards Biden,” she added. “He has done nothing wrong to my husband. That's what a mean 20-year-old kid did.”
The rally turned deadly when 20-year-old suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks allegedly opened fire on former President Donald Trump and the crowd. According to the New York Post, Corey was shot and killed during the riot, injuring two protesters and Trump.
