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NBC News
03-07-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
Congressional intern killed in Washington shooting
A 21-year-old intern at a congressman's Washington office was fatally shot Monday in the city after gunmen opened fire on a group of people, authorities said. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was not the intended target of the shooters who got out of a vehicle at 7th and M streets northwest and started firing at around 10:28 p.m., the Metropolitan Police Department said. Also hit was a woman and a 16-year-old boy, who survived, police said in a statement. Tarpinian-Jachym was unconscious when first responders arrived, and he died at a hospital on Tuesday, the police department said. U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, said that he and his wife Susan were sending their condolences. Tarpinian-Jachym was a senior at University of Massachusetts at Amherst who was majoring in finance with a minor in political science, his office said. 'I will remember his kind heart and how he always greeted anyone who entered our office with a cheerful smile,' Estes said in a statement. 'We are grateful to Eric for his service to Kansas' 4th District and the country,' he said. 'Please join Susan and me in praying for his family and respecting their privacy during this heartbreaking time.' The vehicle that the shooters used has been found, police said, but no arrests have been announced. Police said that 'multiple suspects' fired at a group of people. The police department said it is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to arrest and conviction of those responsible. The department offers that reward for each homicide in the district.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Marshall says paid agitators swamped Kansas forum. If he proves it, I'll eat a copy of Project 2025.
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, and Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson appear at a February news conference in Topeka. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) You might think that after being humiliated by a rowdy town hall crowd in Oakley, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall would take some time to reflect and reconsider his deep-fried MAGA approach to politics. You'd think wrong. Two days after the fracas, where Marshall threatened the crowd and left early, he decided to salve his wounds by posting on Twitter. Rather than admit that he turned his back on his fellow Kansans, he called them fake. What a terrible way for any politician to react. Let's be honest about what Marshall and President Donald Trump suggest. Trump suggests that Republican town halls across the United States are overrun by protesters paid to be there on behalf of the Democratic Party. This would be the same Democratic Party that tried to run Joe Biden for a second term and lost control of the U.S. House, Senate and presidency. Right. In his amplification of Trump's message, Marshall asks us to believe that this party then somehow trucked these operatives into distant Oakley. Again, right. If Marshall or his staff possess documentary evidence that the Oakley town hall was packed with paid operatives working for the Democratic Party, they should make that evidence public. (No, tweets about voting totals in Oakley don't count.) If it's accurate, I will gladly eat a copy of Project 2025. I'm not exactly sure how I will ingest it — the Heritage Foundation blueprint for a Republican presidency weighs in at nearly 900 pages. Perhaps I will have to eat a summary or just the title page. However, I am absolutely certain that it will not come to that because the statement is simply untrue. Now, there are other ways to parse Trump and Marshall's words. Perhaps liberal advocates attended the meeting. But just because someone supports one side or another doesn't disqualify them from attending a town hall. Perhaps someone connected to the state party was on hand to capture video. Republicans send such folks to Democratic events and vice versa. Both sides have done so for years. But neither of those things means the event overflowed with paid plants. Trump and Marshall want their supporters to believe that people with concerns don't count. In the words of Marshall's chief of staff: They're not 'real Kansans.' Roger Marshall is never going to start voting in lockstep with Bernie Sanders. But I don't think the people assembled in Oakley wanted him to do that. They worried about how disruption in Washington has affected their fellow Kansans. Recordings of the full meeting show that attendees asked serious, good-faith questions. Rather than engage with their concerns, Marshall threw a hissy fit. He should listen to Kansas House Minority Leader Brendan Woodard, who also posted on Twitter. I understand that this puts Republicans in a bind. I understand that no politician wants to look weak or cowardly. If you're carrying water for an authoritarian administration, where projection of strength counts above all else, you must ooze virility from every pore. I can even understand the advice from U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, that GOP lawmakers avoid in-person town halls. House Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested they turn to telephone town halls or small events. From a purely political vantage point, it makes sense. But it sure doesn't serve those real Kansans that Marshall professes to care about. Clay Wirestone is Kansas Reflector opinion editor. Through its opinion section, Kansas Reflector works to amplify the voices of people who are affected by public policies or excluded from public debate. Find information, including how to submit your own commentary, here.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Marshall says paid agitators swamped Kansas forum. If he proves it, I'll eat a copy of Project 2025.
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, and Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson appear at a February news conference in Topeka. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) You might think that after being humiliated by a rowdy town hall crowd in Oakley, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall would take some time to reflect and reconsider his deep-fried MAGA approach to politics. You'd think wrong. Two days after the fracas, where Marshall threatened the crowd and left early, he decided to salve his wounds by posting on Twitter. Rather than admit that he turned his back on his fellow Kansans, he called them fake. What a terrible way for any politician to react. Let's be honest about what Marshall and President Donald Trump suggest. Trump suggests that Republican town halls across the United States are overrun by protesters paid to be there on behalf of the Democratic Party. This would be the same Democratic Party that tried to run Joe Biden for a second term and lost control of the U.S. House, Senate and presidency. Right. In his amplification of Trump's message, Marshall asks us to believe that this party then somehow trucked these operatives into distant Oakley. Again, right. If Marshall or his staff possess documentary evidence that the Oakley town hall was packed with paid operatives working for the Democratic Party, they should make that evidence public. (No, tweets about voting totals in Oakley don't count.) If it's accurate, I will gladly eat a copy of Project 2025. I'm not exactly sure how I will ingest it — the Heritage Foundation blueprint for a Republican presidency weighs in at nearly 900 pages. Perhaps I will have to eat a summary or just the title page. However, I am absolutely certain that it will not come to that because the statement is simply untrue. Now, there are other ways to parse Trump and Marshall's words. Perhaps liberal advocates attended the meeting. But just because someone supports one side or another doesn't disqualify them from attending a town hall. Perhaps someone connected to the state party was on hand to capture video. Republicans send such folks to Democratic events and vice versa. Both sides have done so for years. But neither of those things means the event overflowed with paid plants. Trump and Marshall want their supporters to believe that people with concerns don't count. In the words of Marshall's chief of staff: They're not 'real Kansans.' Roger Marshall is never going to start voting in lockstep with Bernie Sanders. But I don't think the people assembled in Oakley wanted him to do that. They worried about how disruption in Washington has affected their fellow Kansans. Recordings of the full meeting show that attendees asked serious, good-faith questions. Rather than engage with their concerns, Marshall threw a hissy fit. He should listen to Kansas House Minority Leader Brendan Woodard, who also posted on Twitter. I understand that this puts Republicans in a bind. I understand that no politician wants to look weak or cowardly. If you're carrying water for an authoritarian administration, where projection of strength counts above all else, you must ooze virility from every pore. I can even understand the advice from U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, that GOP lawmakers avoid in-person town halls. House Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested they turn to telephone town halls or small events. From a purely political vantage point, it makes sense. But it sure doesn't serve those real Kansans that Marshall professes to care about. Clay Wirestone is Kansas Reflector opinion editor. Through its opinion section, Kansas Reflector works to amplify the voices of people who are affected by public policies or excluded from public debate. Find information, including how to submit your own commentary, here.
