The widow of slain former volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore acknowledged having a phone call with former President Donald Trump after refusing to accept one from President Joe Biden, The New York Times reported.
Helen Comperatore said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that she had spoken with former President Trump, who told her he would call her again “in the coming days and weeks.” according to The Daily Caller News Foundation was unable to access the story at the time of writing. (Related article: “I didn't want to talk to him”: Widow of former volunteer fire chief refuses Biden's call after Trump rally shooting)
“President Trump called me to express his condolences and was so kind and said he would continue to call in the coming days and weeks. I told him the same thing I have told everyone else – he left this earth a hero and God has received him. He did not die in vain that day,” Helen wrote.
Comperatore's sister, Kelly Comperatore Meader, confirmed to The New York Times that the family spoke with representatives from the Trump campaign on Monday night. The conversation between Comperatore's widow and the former president came after she revealed she had refused to speak with Biden. state “My husband is a staunch Republican and he probably didn't want to talk to me,” she told the New York Post.
BREAKING: Corey Comperatore's widow received a call from President Donald Trump after her husband was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania.
“He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the coming days and weeks,” Helen Comperatore said.
Helen told Trump: pic.twitter.com/AidZKYaypO
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 16, 2024
Comperatore Meader confirmed to The New York Times on Tuesday that he had refused to speak with Biden and blamed Biden and the media for stoking anger against Trump that ultimately led to the attack on the rally.
“We're not offering them anything,” Comperatore Meader told the outlet.
Comperatore was shot and killed by suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday after multiple shots were fired at the former president, striking the crowd, moments after Trump took the stage to speak.
The former volunteer fire chief was shot when he dove in on his daughters, ultimately saving their lives.
Two other crowd members, 57-year-old David Duch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver, I was injured His condition is stable.
The White House did not immediately respond to DCNF's request for comment.
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