{"id":569576,"date":"2021-06-21T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569576"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:06:27","slug":"its-a-long-tradition-in-rhode-island-sheldon-whitehouse-defends-membership-at-all-white-private-beach-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-a-long-tradition-in-rhode-island-sheldon-whitehouse-defends-membership-at-all-white-private-beach-club\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s A Long Tradition In Rhode Island\u2019: Sheldon Whitehouse Defends Membership At All-White Private Beach Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fits-a-long-tradition-in-rhode-island-sheldon-whitehouse-defends-membership-at-all-white-private-beach-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=569576&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\/sddefault-e1624299764551.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse was confronted over the weekend for his decades-long membership to an all-white private beach club.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/17\/senator-sheldon-whitehouse-speaks-dark-money-courts-event-american-constitution-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">senator<\/a> defended his family\u2019s membership to the Bailey\u2019s Beach Club in Newport after being approached by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/its-a-long-tradition-in-ri-whitehouse-defends-familys-membership-in-all-whi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoLocal Providence<\/a> reporter on Friday, calling it a \u201clong tradition in Rhode Island.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GoLocal Providence had first raised the issue with Whitehouse back in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/VIDEO-Senator-Whitehouse-Wont-Quit-All-White-Exclusive-Private-Club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017<\/a>, to which the senator expressed his concerns about the lack of diversity in the club, and the reporter asked Whitehouse if there are any minority members today.<\/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 responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you have concerns in 2021 \u2026 You had remarks on the floor following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, saying that you hope to root out systemic racism in the country. Your thoughts on an elite, all-white, wealthy club again in this day in age. Should these clubs continue to exist?\u201d the reporter followed up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a long tradition in Rhode Island and there are many of them. I think we just need to work our way through the issues,\u201d Whitehouse replied.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey\u2019s Beach Club has been described as \u201cthe most exclusive club in America,\u201d with membership limited to a \u201cwho\u2019s who Newport, Palm Beach, and New York wealth,\u201d according to GoLocal Providence.<\/p>\n<p>Whitehouse\u2019s wife is one of the largest shareholders in the club and the senator also promised to quit his membership at Bailey\u2019s \u2014 as well as the all-male, all-white Bellevue Avenue Reading Room \u2014 when he first ran for the Senate in 2006, GoLocal Providence reported.<\/p>\n<p>The video of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/17\/democratic-senator-claims-rant-during-barrett-confirmation-is-reason-court-upheld-obamacare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whitehouse<\/a> defending his membership to the club went viral on Twitter with users pointing to his hypocrisy as an outspoken critic of \u201csystemic racism\u201d in America who belongs to an all-white exclusive club.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/10\/sheldon-whitehouse-dark-money-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Sheldon Whitehouse Invited Three Witnesses To Testify Against Dark Money \u2014 They All Work For Dark Money Groups)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.3720930232558\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ht\">lmaooooo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sCRvqq4Icb\">pic.twitter.com\/sCRvqq4Icb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BecketAdams\/status\/1407012282840895494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.1808510638298\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maybe one tangible step you could take to \u201cbring lasting change\u201d would be to look in a mirror, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWhitehouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenWhitehouse<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YNzcxhSe76\">pic.twitter.com\/YNzcxhSe76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1407011061866418176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whitehouse has also been accused of hypocrisy due to his outspoken opposition to dark money despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/02\/14\/exclusive-sheldon-whitehouse-accept-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">history<\/a> of supporting dark money groups that donate to progressive causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Rhode Island Sen. 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