Melissa Cooper, 37, is Blaine Cooper’s wife.

In aYouTubevideo, she appears cooking inside the compound’s kitchen.

“I was part of the Bundy family with them at their house,” Cooper tells the person behind the camera.

“I’m here to help out.

These guys gotta eat.”

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Cooper says on Facebook that she has been on at least one “border operation” with her husband in the Southwest.

“You know, I eventually got to go back to my kids,” Cooper says in the video, “but it’s my duty right here to help out.”

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