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Former President Donald Trump honored Corey Comperatore at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday in his first stop in the Keystone State since he was nearly assassinated and Comperatore was fatally shot.
During his rally in Harrisburg, Trump began by talking about Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter who was killed by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as he tried to take out Trump at a rally in Butler on July 13. Two other rally attendees were critically injured.
“Most of all we lift the memory, our memory, to the brave firefighter who was so cruelly taken from us,” Trump said. “A very brave guy. Loved by his family and his friends. He was really loved.”
“In his last act on this earth, Corey threw himself over his wife and daughters and died shielding them from the bullets,” Trump added. “Corey is a hero to all of us.”
Trump talked about the fundraising efforts for Comperatore’s family, …
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