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Congressional intern murdered in DC, just 21 years old.
Twitter / X / Citizen's Free Press ^ | July 03, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 07/03/2025 6:53:31 AM PDT by Red Badger

Denise @Likeshesays Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, of Granby, Massachusetts. was a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst majoring in finance with a minor in political science.

He was working for Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas).A college student from Massachusetts working as an intern on Capitol Hill.

He was fatally shot Monday night near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center downtown, and D.C. police said he was apparently an innocent bystander caught in a spray of bullets intended for someone else.

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Please pray for his family....


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1 posted on 07/03/2025 6:53:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Heartbreaking.


2 posted on 07/03/2025 6:58:13 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Red Badger

Very sad, may he rest in peace.


3 posted on 07/03/2025 6:59:52 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Red Badger
To be a parent, with all the hope and aspiration that such a young man is doing great, suddenly to lose him like this...

Look at what we've not done.
Dear G_d in Heaven, help us

4 posted on 07/03/2025 7:02:08 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Red Badger

Not holding my breath for the DC police to catch the murderer. Their priorities seem to be promoting people within their ranks who kill conservatives.


5 posted on 07/03/2025 7:02:12 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Red Badger

Washington DC is a complete SHITHOLE.


6 posted on 07/03/2025 7:07:06 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: Red Badger

Ain’t Communism wonderful.


7 posted on 07/03/2025 7:08:14 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Red Badger

RIP...
He was an interesting breed. An Amherst student interned to Republican Congressman.


8 posted on 07/03/2025 7:09:58 AM PDT by paudio (MATH: 45<47)
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To: from occupied ga

They will catch the perp. The likely demographic of the shooter is riddled with informants and “confidential sources” at the street level.


9 posted on 07/03/2025 7:12:36 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: Red Badger

If the police know this kid was an innocent bystander and not the intended target, then they know who was the intended target???? They’ve left this part out.


10 posted on 07/03/2025 7:12:49 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact)
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To: vivenne

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time when a Drive-By Shooting occurred................


11 posted on 07/03/2025 7:14:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: LeonardFMason; bitt; little jeremiah

Washington DC is a complete SHITHOLE.

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worth repeating


12 posted on 07/03/2025 7:17:12 AM PDT by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: Red Badger
A kid from Massachusetts...working for a Republican? Wow...shocking!
13 posted on 07/03/2025 7:18:14 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: thinden

I agree but the voters or non voters
had a voice in the matter. jmo


14 posted on 07/03/2025 7:22:45 AM PDT by deport
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To: Red Badger
was apparently an innocent bystander caught in a spray of bullets

Somehow, that sounds racist. Or, he was in the area to buy drugs. Either way, or just bad luck, he probably would have been safer in the military and deployed to an active zone.

15 posted on 07/03/2025 7:24:27 AM PDT by Bernard (Issue an annual budget. And Issue a federal government balance sheet. Let's see what we got.)
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To: Red Badger

The victim was in the right place at the right time.

It was the killer who was in the wrong place.

But, as this is so frequent and common in Washington DC, maybe it IS the killer who was in the right place and the victim in the wrong place...

Ditto for Chicago where they’re warming up for the 4th of July holiday weekend:

July 3rd, 2025:

“Chicago Drive-by Mass Shooting Leaves 4 Dead and 14 Others Wounded”


16 posted on 07/03/2025 7:36:58 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: Bernard

The place where he was shot is not a drug market, but a rather upscale, gentrified area, with lots of nice restaurants. But that’s the problem with D.C.: even the nice areas, including Capitol Hill, are on the frontier.


17 posted on 07/03/2025 7:39:02 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: PUGACHEV

yes they would rat out their father if they knew him.


18 posted on 07/03/2025 7:45:42 AM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: Bon of Babble

July 3rd, 2025:

“Chicago Drive-by Mass Shooting Leaves 4 Dead and 14 Others Wounded”

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Lest than 12 hours ago. Starting the killing on Wednesday. Long weekend of death ahead.


19 posted on 07/03/2025 7:56:37 AM PDT by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Not so much as you'd think.

I got the inside scoop from a congressional staffer when I booked a tour of the U.S. Capitol (highly recommended, by the way) when I was in DC with my daughter some years ago.

Most of the lower-level congressional staffers (such as those who give such tours) work for peanuts in one of the most expensive cities on the planet. They cram six into a flat located usually along the crime-ridden and low rent green line.

They are political junkies hoping to snag a promotion when it becomes available. Some do; some get a real job and leave DC when they grow older and wiser. But most of the wannabes just hang on and, as congress critters retire, they jump to new congressional staff or new administration positions and soon get hired on because there is a limited number of these political junkies, especially from far away flyover country like Kansas.

And, yes, these type of working conditions overwhelmingly attract leftists, gays and people who want to be close to political power. Monica Lewinsky is a classic example.

20 posted on 07/03/2025 8:11:45 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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