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Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Gutfeld!' Gangs Up on CBS Reporter for ‘PTSD' Diagnosis From Trump Rally Shooting: ‘Main Character Syndrome'
CBS correspondent Scott MacFarlane said he was 'diagnosed with PTSD in 48 hours' following his experience covering the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally where Donald Trump was nearly assassinated because his supporters turned on members of the press – and the 'Gutfeld!' gang couldn't contain their giggles. MacFarlane, who was onsite for the July 2024 incident, said on Chuck Todd's 'The Chuck Toddcast' that 'for those of us there, it was such horror because you saw an emerging America.' More from TheWrap 'Gutfeld!' Gangs Up on CBS Reporter for 'PTSD' Diagnosis From Trump Rally Shooting: 'Main Character Syndrome' | Video Trump Says He'll Sue Rupert Murdoch, NewsCorp and WSJ 'Shortly,' Orders Release of Epstein Testimony Stephen Colbert Says CBS Told Him of 'Late Show' Cancellation Just Last Night in Emotional Monologue: 'All Just Going Away' | Video Trump Contributed to Suggestive Jeffrey Epstein 50th Birthday Gift, WSJ Reports: 'We Have Certain Things in Common' 'I got put on trauma leave,' MacFarlane said. 'Not because of the shooting but because — you saw it in the eyes. The reaction of the people. They were coming for us. If he didn't jump up with his fist, they were going to come kill us. There is a subset — not everybody — dozens of people in the crowd to start confronting us, saying, 'You did this, this is your fault, you caused this, you killed him.' And they were going to beat us with their hands.' If MacFarlane was looking for sympathy, he wasn't going to find it on the Fox News late-night show. 'It shows you the level of main character syndrome,' said panelist and comedian Joe DeVito. 'That they were at a place, a man died, the guy running for president almost got his head blown off on live TV, and this guy's like, 'What about me? What about what I went through?'' DeVito said had he been there, he would've gotten PTSD, too – from the Secret Service detail. 'All these tiny little chubby ladies,' DeVito said. 'It was the most bizarre — I would have been freaked out by that. I didn't know the Secret Service would have two dozen tiny Melissa McCarthys climbing over to save your life.' Host Greg Gutfeld steered the conversation for a moment to over-labeling of mental conditions. 'This actually — it speaks to something everyone is kind of scared to talk about, which is the overdiagnosis of PTSD,' Gutfeld said. 'It used to be just for people that suffered war trauma or just violent trauma. But now it's like people say, 'I have PTSD, I had a terrible boss. I was at a rally.'' The Free Press editor Will Rahn then chimed in: 'Listen, I'm a little soft on this issue, I'm millennial. I was traumatized on the way here. So I feel for the guy. Listen, people snap, weird things happen. I don't know. Here's the thing. Going on that main character syndrome thing — there's this big reward for emoting, for going on and being like, 'Let me tell you about my feelings',' on Chuck Todd's podcast audience, about how I felt' … and it's like, I'm an editor. A reporter comes to me and is like, 'Let me tell you about my feelings,' and I'm like, 'No, the story is the president got his ear shot off — not how you felt, how people gave you dirty looks.'' Watch the entire exchange in the video above. The post 'Gutfeld!' Gangs Up on CBS Reporter for 'PTSD' Diagnosis From Trump Rally Shooting: 'Main Character Syndrome' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Fox News
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
One year after Trump assassination attempt, Butler widow demands accountability from Secret Service
One year after Corey Comperatore was killed at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, his widow is demanding accountability from the Secret Service. "We were all sitting ducks that day. Our blood is all over their hands. I am angry. I lost the love of my life. They screwed up," Helen Comperatore told Fox News. The Secret Service has admitted to multiple failures after 20-year-old gunman Thomas Crooks climbed onto a rooftop and fired off eight rounds. Those shots killed Comperatore and wounded three others, including then-former President Donald Trump. "Why Butler? Why was that such a failure? Why weren't they paying attention? Why did they think that that roof didn't need covered? I want to sit down and talk to them. I have the right to. They need to listen to me," Comperatore said. TRUMP CHIEF OF STAFF SUSIE WILES RECOUNTS BUTLER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, THOUGHT PRESIDENT WAS DEAD AT FIRST WATCH: FOX NATION'S 'BUTLER UNDER FIRE: THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE' Police say Crooks fired those gunshots. Investigators say the once-shy college student planned the attack for days, stockpiling weapons and making explosives in his bedroom. "If you could talk to Thomas Crooks' parents, what would you tell them?" Fox News Correspondent Alexis McAdams asked Helen Comperatore. JOURNALIST WHO REFUSED TO DUCK DURING TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT REFLECTS ON BUTLER RALLY IN NEW BOOK "Why would you not go in there and look in his room and say…you know what son, you need help," Comperatore said. Trump said there will be a comprehensive report made about the assassination attempt, though it is unclear when that will be made public. FOX NATION REVEALS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE FROM TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN BUTLER CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Six Secret Service agents were suspended without pay or benefits on Wednesday in the wake of the shooting, the agency confirmed.
Fox News
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Last words of 'hero' firefighter who died at Trump rally shooting revealed
The volunteer firefighter who died while shielding his family from the sniper who tried to kill former President Trump over the weekend at a rally in Pennsylvania said "get down!" as his final words, his wife has revealed. Helen Comperatore told the New York Post that she and her husband Corey were close to celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary when their family headed to the campaign event in Butler, outside of Pittsburgh, on Saturday. "He's my hero," Helen Comperatore said to the newspaper from her home in nearby Sarver, Pennsylvania. "He just said, 'get down!' That was the last thing he said." "Me and the kids were all there as a family," she added. "He was just excited. It was going to be a nice day with the family. TRUMP RALLY VICTIM COREY COMPERATORE DIED SHIELDING FAMILY AND 'WOULD'VE DONE IT AGAIN,' FRIEND SAYS Corey Comperatore, 50, was the former fire chief for the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company. The department now has a memorial set up outside its firehouse featuring Comperatore's uniform to honor who they described as a "brother, son, husband, father and friend." "He was a simple man, but he put his wife and kids first all the time. I did nothing here. I didn't lift a finger. He did everything," Helen Comperatore told the New York Post in the wake of the shooting, which injured Trump and critically injured two other rallygoers who are expected to survive. LIVE UPDATES: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Helen Comperatore also said President Biden tried to call her family following the incident but "I didn't want to talk to him. "I didn't talk to Biden," she said. "My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him." "I don't have any ill-will towards Joe Biden," Helen Comperatore added. "I'm not one of those people that gets involved in politics. I support Trump, that's who I'm voting for but I don't have ill-will towards Biden." FAMILY MEMBERS SPEAK OUT FOLLOWING COREY COMPERATORE'S DEATH Helen Comperatore described the shooter at the rally, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, as a "despicable kid." On Sunday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he spoke with Helen Comperatore. "Corey Comperatore was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday. Corey loved his community, and most especially Corey loves his family," he said at a news conference. "Corey was an avid supporter of the former president and was so excited to be there last night with him in the community." President Biden also said Sunday that he and first lady Jill Biden "extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim who was killed. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "He was a father. He was protecting his family from the bullets that were being fired, and he lost his life. God love him," Biden said. Fox News' Michael Dorgan and Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
Daily Mail
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Martyr, Savior, Showman: Key details in Trump's iconic Butler assassination survival photo... that expert says suggests divine intervention
A raised fist, a bloodied face and the steely gaze of a man who'd just dodged death - in that split second, Donald Trump didn't just survive an assassination attempt, he made history. Captured in the chaos that followed the July 13, 2024, shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a photo of an injured Trump that spread instantly.
Fox News
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Corey Comperatore's widow sheds new light on final moments with her husband
The widow of slain former fire chief Corey Comperatore — who died tragically at President Donald Trump's July 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — is shedding new light on her last moments with her husband that fateful day. "He was insanely excited. I was sleeping in, and he comes crawling on top of the bed like a little kid. He's like, 'Honey, we got to get up. We got to get there,'" Helen Comperatore said in the book, "Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland," written by Washington Examiner reporter Salena Zito. An excerpt from the book was published in the Washington Post on Sunday. "When he got that look, well, he was hard to resist," Helen said. Helen said her husband woke up for the rally just after 6 a.m. by jumping on the bed and was anxious about arriving late to the venue. "Oh, not Corey, he wasn't tired at all — he was ready to go, he was already showered and fully dressed and ready to attend our first Trump rally," Helen told Zito. Zito's book is based off of seven phone conversations she had with Trump the day following his near-death at the hands of an assassin in Butler, along with interviews with Helen and others. At the rally, lone gunman Thomas Crooks, 20, opened fire on Trump, killing Corey and wounding two others in the crowd. The 50-year-old father of two died while using his body to shield his wife and daughter from the gunfire raining down on the crowd. Crooks' bullet grazed Trump's ear the moment after the now-President turned his head. Trump attributed his survival, in which a sniper had come within a fraction of an inch of taking his life, to divine providence. "Why did I look away, Salena?... Divine intervention?... The hand of God… It was the hand of God," Trump told Zito. "I've had people that were not religious become religious over that moment because they said it was a miracle," he said. Trump returned to Butler in Oct. 2024 to pay tribute to the fallen fire chief. His boots and jacket were displayed onstage and "Ave Maria" was played. "I just want to do right by Corey… It's hard, it's tough," Trump told Zito. Helen, who last saw Trump at his March address before a joint session of Congress, said she was touched by Trump's tribute to her fallen husband, and said that the president had treated them as if they were his own family. "The president did the most meaningful thing in that moment. I thought it was beautiful," she said. "I just felt really comfortable with him. Just gave us a hug. And just like we were as family, he just really embraced us like we were a family. I mean, for a minute there, you forget you're talking to the President of the United States," she said. Helen said she finds the strength to go on from her husband's memory and from the president's immediate reaction to getting shot, in which he rallied the crowd to "fight, fight, fight." "He wants me to fight, to be strong, like the president said, 'fight, fight, fight,' we all need to be strong."
