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Backseat Driver

(4,622 posts)
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:01 PM Jul 2024

Former Fire Chief Corey Comperatore Killed At Trump Rally

Source: Daily Voice Franklin County, PA

Story by Jillian Pikora - 1h

(snip) Corey was from Sarver, PA, according to his Facebook profile. He is survived by his wife, daughter, mom, and sisters.

His sister Dawn wrote the following in a Facebook post:

"The PA Trump Rally claimed the life of my brother, Corey Comperatore. The hatred for one man took the life of the one man we loved the most. He was a hero that shielded his daughters. His wife and girls just lived through the unthinkable and unimaginable. My baby brother just turned 50 and had so much life left to experience. Hatred has no limits and love has no bounds. Pray for my sister-in-law, nieces, my mother, sister, me and his nieces and nephews as this feels like a terrible nightmare but we know it is our painful reality."
The other two audience members who were shot remain in critical condition at Allegheny General Hospital officials said on Sunday, July 14.
A GoFundMe has been launched by former president Donald Trump to help the victims and their families. Click here for the details. (snip)

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Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-fire-chief-corey-comperatore-killed-at-trump-rally/ar-BB1pXVHS



Very sad no matter what the motivation was for attending w/family members.
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Former Fire Chief Corey Comperatore Killed At Trump Rally (Original Post) Backseat Driver Jul 2024 OP
The hatred incited by one man. sop Jul 2024 #1
One man Inciting Hatred and VIOLENCE!!! Cha Jul 2024 #19
A Go Fund me?!? Really? Mr. "I'm so rich" 🤬🤬🤬 Phoenix61 Jul 2024 #2
Trump should take care of this family himself, but Ocelot II Jul 2024 #4
TFG never did a damned thing that didn't benefit him personally Warpy Jul 2024 #12
He's probably charging them a 25% administrative fee for being killed or injured at a "Trump" rally Cheezoholic Jul 2024 #24
Does he even Delphinus Jul 2024 #35
It's up to 1 mil. 6 MissKat Jul 2024 #9
this is a new revenue stream? WhiteTara Jul 2024 #17
That's what I was thinking. nt Phoenix61 Jul 2024 #25
by a billionaire... he's so cheap BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2024 #13
Given the Trump Family's propensity and dobleremolque Jul 2024 #16
That's absolutely right! Gofundme has strict rules. Tsf thinks he's going to take the money and run...not so fast! PortTack Jul 2024 #31
Is it possible he could appear "liable" if he paid out of his own pocket? Beartracks Jul 2024 #32
Condolences to the Comperatore family FakeNoose Jul 2024 #3
Oh hell, I don't want to sit anywhere at a Been A Dick Donald rally, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2024 #5
Ironic that the sister brought up hate. Her late brother was literally a member of a hate-based anti-American cult RAB910 Jul 2024 #6
Exactly! Sad but true. Soul searching needed. nt oasis Jul 2024 #18
Family member says he threw himself over his wife and daughter birdographer Jul 2024 #34
Condolences to the family of the shooter. If you were a member of the audience, Autumn Jul 2024 #7
Why wouldn't it surprise me duncang Jul 2024 #8
I immediately thought the same thing jmbar2 Jul 2024 #10
Oh c'mon Sucha NastyWoman Jul 2024 #14
Trump will steal the money Dan Jul 2024 #11
He was an engineer who also worked as volunteer firefighter Prairie Gates Jul 2024 #15
That guy only thought of shielding his daughters, Trump only though of inciting more violance. SunSeeker Jul 2024 #20
Doesn't it sound like Trump loudly evacuated his bowels once again? Ligyron Jul 2024 #30
Trump starts the GO FUND ME for that guy. What a load of SHIT!! Bengus81 Jul 2024 #21
The family will never see a penny of that money Bettie Jul 2024 #22
those are Trump's priorities Skittles Jul 2024 #36
A GoFundMe launched by Trump? swong19104 Jul 2024 #23
You can take that to the BANK.......n/t Bengus81 Jul 2024 #38
A motive hasn't been announced unless the sister knows something that isn't public; Renew Deal Jul 2024 #26
Anyone watch New Jack City? tulipsandroses Jul 2024 #27
She seems so close to figuring out the truth. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #28
Remember this guy's name whenever some ass tells you God protected TCF. RockRaven Jul 2024 #29
The cult...I step out in a busy intersection and don't get hit, it's god's will. If I step out and get hit, it's gods will PortTack Jul 2024 #33
Whatever reasons Corey had for going to the rally . . . Aussie105 Jul 2024 #37

Ocelot II

(120,110 posts)
4. Trump should take care of this family himself, but
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:06 PM
Jul 2024

he only ever uses other people's money while taking credit for the results.

Warpy

(113,093 posts)
12. TFG never did a damned thing that didn't benefit him personally
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:06 PM
Jul 2024

If he's persuaded to chi[p in $20 for the funeral, his flacks will claim he paid for the whole thing.

You know, like they're saying the bullet went through his ear (when it was grazed, possibly by glass) to make it sound like he was the one hurt the worst.

And his mob will all believe it.

Cheezoholic

(2,583 posts)
24. He's probably charging them a 25% administrative fee for being killed or injured at a "Trump" rally
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:08 PM
Jul 2024

Piece o' work this fuck and his ilk are.

Delphinus

(12,118 posts)
35. Does he even
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 06:08 PM
Jul 2024

care that this person died? He's out golfing today, so that ear must have healed very quickly. Not PTSD for him!

WhiteTara

(30,128 posts)
17. this is a new revenue stream?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:39 PM
Jul 2024

Big pool of money, no one will notice most of it gone to administrative services i.e., tsf

dobleremolque

(891 posts)
16. Given the Trump Family's propensity and
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:30 PM
Jul 2024
documented history of diverting charity contributions to their own pockets, New York Attorney General Leticia James may want to supervise that Go Fund Me to make sure any money raised actually goes to the families of the victims.

PortTack

(34,395 posts)
31. That's absolutely right! Gofundme has strict rules. Tsf thinks he's going to take the money and run...not so fast!
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:30 PM
Jul 2024

Beartracks

(13,507 posts)
32. Is it possible he could appear "liable" if he paid out of his own pocket?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:34 PM
Jul 2024

I'm not suggesting that he's ever actually paid anything out of his own pocket if he could help it. And I wouldn't put it past him to play that angle -- that is, tell everyone he paid for these poor families' costs out of his own pocket, if only for the publicity it would net him... but of course he wouldn't have actually done that, despite saying he did. But since it's already known that he's doing the GoFundMe, that potential ruse ship has already sailed. But anyhow, I do wonder whether the families could still choose to sue the Trump campaign, and then if he'd actually paid any of their tragic costs then it might look a bit like an admission of guilt. And in a related thought, I wonder if the families' ability to access the GoFundMe funds could be tied to their signing a waiver to not sue the campaign.

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FakeNoose

(35,386 posts)
3. Condolences to the Comperatore family
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:05 PM
Jul 2024


On a personal note, I don't believe I would ever want to sit in the stands behind Chump at ANY rally.
But ... that's just me.

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,311 posts)
5. Oh hell, I don't want to sit anywhere at a Been A Dick Donald rally,
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:13 PM
Jul 2024

I don't even want to be within a hundred miles of any of his rally's.

RAB910

(3,950 posts)
6. Ironic that the sister brought up hate. Her late brother was literally a member of a hate-based anti-American cult
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:17 PM
Jul 2024

birdographer

(2,505 posts)
34. Family member says he threw himself over his wife and daughter
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:46 PM
Jul 2024

and I think that that was a brave thing. And then I read that he was an "avid supporter" of trump. He "avidly" supported Nazi behavior, racism, raping women and children, stealing classified documents and selling them (exposing and killing many of our covert operatives), calling America a third-world country, cozying up to cruel dictators and striving to be one, and so on and so on. Great to protect his family, but aside from that he sounds like a member of a sick cult.

Autumn

(45,978 posts)
7. Condolences to the family of the shooter. If you were a member of the audience,
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:22 PM
Jul 2024

there to see and hear Trump I don't give a fuck what happens to those people. They can find sympathy in the dictionary between shit and syphilis.

duncang

(3,405 posts)
8. Why wouldn't it surprise me
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:30 PM
Jul 2024

If tfg set the gofundme up to get a cut. Or has a link to donate to him.

Really if he’s so rich why doesn’t he just take care of it. He says he loves them.

Dan

(4,023 posts)
11. Trump will steal the money
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:41 PM
Jul 2024

Better get a good forensic accountant to verify the money received versus what is dispensed.

SunSeeker

(53,486 posts)
20. That guy only thought of shielding his daughters, Trump only though of inciting more violance.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:42 PM
Jul 2024

After you clearly hear on the live mic the Secret Service telling him the shooter has been neutralized and Trump knows he is now safe, Trump then starts pumping his fist up in the air and yelling "Fight, fight, fight!"

It took him a minute to get ready for the fist pump photo op, since he fell out of his lifts when he dropped to the ground. He had to repeatedly yell at the Secret Service, "Let me get my shoes! Let me get my shoes!" as they were picking him up and trying to carry him off, because God forbid someone should find his shoes and see that lifts were in the heels (and the reason they popped off so easily). He didn't even stop to look who in the wall of people behind him got hit with the bullet that grazed his ear.

Here's the full video with sound from the live mic of that whole getting up process by Trump, the narcissistic psychopath:

Ligyron

(7,843 posts)
30. Doesn't it sound like Trump loudly evacuated his bowels once again?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:28 PM
Jul 2024

Those poor agents, the smell must have been awful.

Trump said something about them getting his poo. He was no doubt worried some of his MAGA cult members would see he pooped his panties.

Bengus81

(7,332 posts)
21. Trump starts the GO FUND ME for that guy. What a load of SHIT!!
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:31 PM
Jul 2024

That POS can't stop grifting even when a guy gets killed at his rally. The family could have easily started that Go Fund Me, they don't need Trump skimming off the top and calling it a "fee".

swong19104

(335 posts)
23. A GoFundMe launched by Trump?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:02 PM
Jul 2024

The Comperatore family and all other families will never see a dime of the money raised.

Renew Deal

(82,848 posts)
26. A motive hasn't been announced unless the sister knows something that isn't public;
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:19 PM
Jul 2024

And this case isn’t clear yet.

RockRaven

(16,128 posts)
29. Remember this guy's name whenever some ass tells you God protected TCF.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:25 PM
Jul 2024

Ask them if God disliked this guy or what.

PortTack

(34,395 posts)
33. The cult...I step out in a busy intersection and don't get hit, it's god's will. If I step out and get hit, it's gods will
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:35 PM
Jul 2024

Aussie105

(6,174 posts)
37. Whatever reasons Corey had for going to the rally . . .
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 04:44 AM
Jul 2024

I'm sure that getting killed by a bullet to the head wasn't one of the reasons.

GoFundMe? How about a sympathy card with a check in it, posted to the wife at her home address, instead?

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