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Beachnutt

(9,008 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:07 AM 18 hrs ago

Widow of Man Killed During President Trump's Assassination Attempt Believes It Was 'an Inside Job'

The widow of Corey Comperatore, the volunteer fire chief who was killed during the 2024 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, is speaking out about her husband's death.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/widow-man-killed-during-president-182739470.html

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Widow of Man Killed During President Trump's Assassination Attempt Believes It Was 'an Inside Job' (Original Post) Beachnutt 18 hrs ago OP
Inside? What inside? Srkdqltr 18 hrs ago #1
She's implying Deep State underpants 17 hrs ago #8
And like any good conspiracy theory, offers no evidence EdmondDantes_ 18 hrs ago #2
Comments at the link are interesting. /nt bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #3
Interesting observation in the comments about there being no blood on the collar... 3catwoman3 17 hrs ago #4
And he wouldn't leave the stage without his fucking shoes? Greybnk48 17 hrs ago #6
That's part of my issue. hamsterjill 17 hrs ago #9
I love that people are creating conspiracy theories JBTaurus83 17 hrs ago #5
Let's remember that's she's grieving. She has "been told things" underpants 17 hrs ago #7
Her husband posted absolutely vile garbage online. Wiz Imp 9 hrs ago #21
Because it was. Scrivener7 17 hrs ago #10
She's implying that Biden was behind it. LeftInTX 13 hrs ago #16
I am not seeing that in the article. Not to say I wouldn't believe it. They were at a Cankles rally, after all. Scrivener7 13 hrs ago #17
It was either a set up - or it wasn't planned and he just has abysmally stupid ss around him. harumph 12 hrs ago #19
The corrupt criminal filth MorbidButterflyTat 14 hrs ago #11
He'll talk about it!! He'll raise his fist etc. LeftInTX 13 hrs ago #15
National Enquirer? sarisataka 13 hrs ago #12
Nope. Come on now, that's total nonsense. Dave Bowman 13 hrs ago #13
She's blaming Biden. They all did. LeftInTX 13 hrs ago #14
I suspect Millard Fillmore was behind it. Most people don't know that he's kept been frozen struggle4progress 13 hrs ago #18
Given that the linked source was the Nationl Enquirer, not exactly the most reliable source. Wiz Imp 9 hrs ago #20

3catwoman3

(30,430 posts)
4. Interesting observation in the comments about there being no blood on the collar...
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:36 AM
17 hrs ago

...of PedoDonnie's white shirt. The picture in the linked article does show a very pristine shirt collar.

I have no idea if this was staged or not. I found, and still find, it very odd that the Secret Service let him up off the ground immediately so he could indulge in that defiant raised fist gesture. He is not in good enough shape to overcome 4-6 physically fit Secret Service agents holding him down, which is what their job would have dictated they do.

And, if I'd just been shot at, I wouldn't want to get up off the ground.

hamsterjill

(18,125 posts)
9. That's part of my issue.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:59 AM
17 hrs ago

I can't imagine a wimp-ass like Trump standing up and doing the raised fist gesture unless it was planned that he do it. If he was really concerned for his safety, he would have wet his diaper and pushed someone else in front of him. I mean, come on!!!!

underpants

(198,112 posts)
7. Let's remember that's she's grieving. She has "been told things"
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:54 AM
17 hrs ago

She’s susceptible. It sounds like she’s implying “Deep State” and given that she and her husband were at a Trump rally means that easily could have been in her mindset to start with.

Wiz Imp

(11,096 posts)
21. Her husband posted absolutely vile garbage online.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 07:06 PM
9 hrs ago

He may not have deserved to die, but he was a vile, disgusting human being.

Scrivener7

(60,504 posts)
10. Because it was.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:02 AM
17 hrs ago

* A 20 year old maga kid who worked in the kitchen of a retirement home was able to outwit the United States Secret Service and breach the security perimeter - by a lot - while carrying a gun bag. Dressed all in black, he was able to climb up on top of a white building way inside the perimeter without being stopped.

*That 20 year old, again dressed all in black, lay on top of the white building with a gun, long enough for numerous rally attendees to point him out to police. No one did anything about him.

* The secret service knew he was on top of the building for at least 20 minutes before the shots, but did nothing about him. https://abcnews.com/US/trump-assassination-attempt-investigation-continues-new-details/story?id=112020474

*After the shot, the secret service violated ALL of it's own protocols. Before they could possibly have known there was no second shooter, before they could possibly have known the threat was over, they moved back from the customary protective huddle around the target, allowed the target to stand completely exposed, and allowed photos to be taken.

*After the shot, there is widely available video that shows a secret service agent ushering photographers to a spot where the optimal photo could be taken, again before they could possibly have known the threat was over.

*How did the secret service agent who ushered the photographers to that spot know the other agents were about to violate all their own protocols to make the photo possible? And how did he know in advance the exact spot where they were going to do that?

*The wound, which required a maxi pad in the first few days, was miraculously healed a week later, leaving no scab and no scar, despite the fact that the recipient is an old man with obvious health problems.

*An identical event was planned by Russian operatives to help Orban get elected.

Scrivener7

(60,504 posts)
17. I am not seeing that in the article. Not to say I wouldn't believe it. They were at a Cankles rally, after all.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:23 PM
13 hrs ago

harumph

(3,640 posts)
19. It was either a set up - or it wasn't planned and he just has abysmally stupid ss around him.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:40 PM
12 hrs ago

There is a third option. Perhaps insiders knew of the kid and were hoping the kid could shoot straight. In that case, things didn't go as planned - but knowing in advance there was only one shooter, after the shot, they had to play it by ear.

MorbidButterflyTat

(5,133 posts)
11. The corrupt criminal filth
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:57 PM
14 hrs ago

is gonna go on TV tonight to whine and cry and threaten and insist he won the 2020 election. After SIX YEARS. After how many court cases against him. Everybody knows he holds grudges FOREVER. Loudly. And acts on them.

But not a word about ANY of the attempted assassins? He was almost killed several times, and...Nothing? No mentions, ever? Just grifty merchandise memorializing the occasion??

Come on.

And of course the nonexistent "bullet" wound.

struggle4progress

(127,518 posts)
18. I suspect Millard Fillmore was behind it. Most people don't know that he's kept been frozen
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:29 PM
13 hrs ago

in an ice bath on the moon Europa but comes back regularly to monitor his reputation.

Wiz Imp

(11,096 posts)
20. Given that the linked source was the Nationl Enquirer, not exactly the most reliable source.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 07:04 PM
9 hrs ago

Here's a different source. She went on News Nation. Definitely whack job.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-shooting-was-inside-job-helen-comperatore-says/ar-AA283IkL?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=8c287b0c84874e46bd0ee26256a4ed63&cvpid=aca7bf5713994e3f9542d1136a3a2823&ei=10

Trump shooting was 'inside job' Helen Comperatore says
The widow of the fire chief killed during the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump believes the gunman did not act alone and that the deadly Pennsylvania rally attack was "an inside job."

Helen Comperatore shared her beliefs during a NewsNation interview marking two years since the July 13, 2024 shooting at the Butler Farm Show grounds in Butler Township that claimed the life of her husband, Corey Comperatore.

"I don't believe there was another shooter there, but I believe that he was working with somebody," she told NewsNation's Rich McHugh.

"I believe it was an inside job — inside the government somewhere," she said.

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