Donald Trump used a reference to the widow of Corey Comperatore — a supporter killed during the July assassination attempt on the GOP presidential candidate in Butler, Pennsylvania — for a joke at a private fundraiser, according to a Friday report from the Guardian.
In a recording from the Aug. 10 dinner event in Aspen, Colorado, the former president purportedly said: “So they’re going to get millions of dollars but the woman, the wife, this beautiful woman, I handed her the cheque – we handed her the cheque – and she said, ‘This is so nice, and I appreciate it, but I’d much rather have my husband.’ Now, I know some of the women in this room wouldn’t say the same.”
He reportedly added: “I know at least four couples. … At least four couples here would have been thrilled, actually.”
The remarks came as Trump was recalling how members of his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida gave him a $1 million check for Comperatore’s family, which includes widow Helen…