Former President Donald Trump honored the fallen firefighter who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally last weekend with a tribute during the Republican nominee’s GOP convention speech Thursday night. Corey Comperatore, 50, was fatally shot in an assassination attempt that left two other rallygoers injured and part of the former president’s right ear blown off.
“He was a highly respected former fire chief,” Trump said. “He lost his life selflessly, acting as a human shield” to protect his family from “flying bullets.”
Trump proceeded to walk over to Comperatore’s firefighter uniform and kiss the helmet on stage.
The 45th president opened his third nomination acceptance speech Thursday by explaining his experience of an assassination attempt, which he survived by tilting his head at the last second to read a chart on immigration.
“You’ll never hear it from me a second time because it’s actually too painful to tell,” Trump said.
Donald Trump tells the story about how he almost lost his life on Saturday, says he will never tell the story again because it’s too painful.
You are witnessing history.
Less than a week ago, this man was a quarter inch from death.
Today, he is giving the most… pic.twitter.com/1qbO1dZH9d
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 19, 2024
The former president described a routine day on the campaign trail where “the crowd was cheering wildly” and “everybody was happy.”
Trump said that after a bullet slammed his ear, he “immediately knew it was very serious, that
