{"id":569045,"date":"2021-06-21T08:37:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569045"},"modified":"2021-06-21T08:37:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:37:08","slug":"dem-senator-claimed-systemic-racism-ripped-trump-hes-still-member-of-all-white-private-exclusive-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senator-claimed-systemic-racism-ripped-trump-hes-still-member-of-all-white-private-exclusive-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Senator Claimed Systemic Racism, Ripped Trump. He\u2019s Still Member Of All-White Private Exclusive Club."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-senator-claimed-systemic-racism-ripped-trump-hes-still-member-of-all-white-private-exclusive-club%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569045&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231378009.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>On Friday, Rhode Island Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse \u2014\u00a0who had slammed former President Trump for \u201ctoiling to deepen the fault lines in American life\u201d and claimed, \u201cWe can and must do better to root out systemic racism in its many forms and meet America\u2019s full promise of justice for all\u201d \u2014\u00a0was asked about his membership in the all-white private Bailey\u2019s Beach Club in Newport, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>Whitehouse had told GoLocal\u2019s News Editor Kate Nagle in 2017, \u201cI think it would be nice if they (Bailey\u2019s Beach Club) changed a little bit, but it\u2019s not my position,\u201d then was questioned whether he would urge the club to push for diversity at the all-white club. He answered, \u201cI will take that up privately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, GoLocal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/its-a-long-tradition-in-ri-whitehouse-defends-familys-membership-in-all-whi\">caught up<\/a> with Whitehouse again, this time asking, \u201cBack in 2017, you had expressed concerns about the membership of the all-white Bailey\u2019s Beach Club. You said that you hoped it would become more diverse. Now, your family\u2019s been members; your wife is one of the largest shareholders. Has there been any traction in that? Are there any minority members of the club now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the people who are running the place are still working on that, and I\u2019m sorry it hasn\u2019t happened yet,\u201d Whitehouse replied.<\/p>\n<p>GoLocal pressed, \u201cDo you have concerns in 2021? Obviously, it\u2019s been four years; you had remarks on the floor following the death of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, saying, hoping to root out systemic racism in the country. Your thoughts on an elite, all-white, wealthy club, again, in this day and age: should these clubs continue to exist?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a long tradition in Rhode Island and there are many of them,\u201d Whitehouse replied. \u201cI think we just need to work our way through the issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.125\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D) defends his membership at an all-white private beach club<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a long tradition in Rhode Island\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rz2PshR20q\">pic.twitter.com\/Rz2PshR20q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpJew2\/status\/1406666409061519368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On June 4, 2020, Whitehouse issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.senate.gov\/news\/release\/whitehouse-marks-moment-of-silence-for-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-and-ahmaud-arbery\">statement<\/a>\u00a0accusing Trump of \u201cdeepening\u201d racial divisions:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><em>Our country is at a crossroads. A nation reeling from a pandemic and an economic catastrophe that have disproportionately affected communities of color is mourning the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others. All the while, President Trump is toiling to deepen the fault lines in American life. We hear the voices of the peaceful protestors who have marched.\u00a0 We can and must do better to root out systemic racism in its many forms and meet America\u2019s full promise of justice for all.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBoth Whitehouse and his wife Sandra as well as their families have been members of the club for decades. Whitehouse did transfer his shares in the club to his wife years ago, and she is now one of the largest shareholders in the all-white club. The club\u2019s membership is a who\u2019s who Newport, Palm Beach, and New York wealth,\u201d Go Local noted, adding, \u201cBailey\u2019s Beach Club is not an average private club \u2014 it has been described as the most exclusive club in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Rhode Island Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse \u2014\u00a0who had slammed former President Trump for \u201ctoiling to deepen the fault lines in American life\u201d and claimed, \u201cWe can and must &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280819,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231378009.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dem Senator Claimed Systemic Racism, Ripped Trump. 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