Butler’s small town tackles tragedy after Trump’s rally

Butler, Pennsylvania – No one in Butler, Pennsylvania, has a population of 13,000 – never imagined their quiet community as the backdrop of the president’s attempted assassination.

However, on July 13, 2024, gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks fired a single-time rally and future President Donald Trump on his local farm showground.

One bullet grazes Trump’s ears and if he had tilted his head a little he could have ended his life. Over the next few months, Republicans gathered violently behind him. Trump won re-election in a wave of support and, together with his supporters and Trump himself, said that God had escaped him to save America.

Residents and attendees of Larry were still surprised that their town had become synonymous with the attack, and saddened that Butler’s image as a peaceful farm community was covered in that dark day.

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“It’s very sad to see something like this in order to thrust Butler into the national and international spotlight,” Slippery Rock Mayor JD Longo told Fox News Digital.

“Is that not the Butler’s, or Western Pennsylvania “This is where you can start a family if you want and have a great life.”

But more than anything, their hearts break for the family of firefighters who lost his life con man He fired eight shots pointed at Trump.

“Many of us want it by doing so despite the ugliness and fears of the day and the obvious loss of life that occurred. Lose Corey Comperatorethat Butler County can remember more about the way we united right after that moment and how we came to aid and defend the Comperatore family and the President. ”

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I am proud of how Butler came together after the tragedy. But some people can’t forget why they had to do so.

“We definitely put us in a rough place,” said Zach Scheller, a local of Butler who volunteered for multiple Trump campaigns. “There’s always someone here thinking.”

“Many of us hope that despite the ugliness and horrors of the day, and the obvious loss of life that took place by losing Cory Comperatore, we can more remember how Butler County was united right after that moment and how we came to aid and defending the Comperatore family and president.”

“We really feel bad for Butler,” said Erin Artless of Grenshaw, Pennsylvania, a longtime Trump campaign volunteer and rally visitor.

“I went to farm shows for years,” she added, referring to the annual event that attracts families from western Pennsylvania. She described one of her favorite attractions. It is the area where cows walk to be milked and the building next door with vanilla milkshakes made from that milk. “It’s very healthy. My husband likes pulling trucks,” she said.

“It’s always something we’ve been looking forward to, and now it’s tied to it.”

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The Butler Farm Show, which the Trump campaign allowed the property to be used for rally, is also trying to shake up its connection with the shooting. Media members are not permitted to film on the properties.

“It really puts dirt on a great community,” Autenreith said. “It’s only 45 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. It’s like you’re making a little transformation, like you say Iowa.”

Still, Butler residents say the shooting didn’t destroy the community. A few days and weeks later, they worked together to support Comperator’s families and other families affected by the violence.

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“The general Pittsburgh area, we’re pretty tough here because the president called it tough cookies,” Bob Krankovich said.

Lucy Ross, who sat right behind Trump at the Butler Rally, said she didn’t hesitate to leave. “The next rally (Trump) had, I was behind him again.”