{"id":570247,"date":"2021-06-22T10:52:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=570247"},"modified":"2021-06-22T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:52:36","slug":"sen-whitehouse-disputes-all-white-club-characterization-i-think-they-got-the-facts-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-whitehouse-disputes-all-white-club-characterization-i-think-they-got-the-facts-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Whitehouse Disputes \u2018All-White\u2019 Club Characterization: \u2018I Think They Got The Facts Wrong\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fsen-whitehouse-disputes-all-white-club-characterization-i-think-they-got-the-facts-wrong%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=570247&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\/Sheldon-Whitehouse.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) defended his affiliation with an exclusive club on Monday, telling reporters that he believes the journalist who described the club to him as having \u201call white\u201d membership was likely incorrect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think they got the facts wrong,\u201d Whitehouse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sheldon-whitehouse-baileys-beach-club-rhode-island\/\">told<\/a> Capitol Hill reporters on Monday evening, also adding, the club \u201cinforms me that it does, in fact, have diversity\u201d in its membership, CBS News reported. In a separate statement, a spokesperson for Whitehouse told The Washington Post that the club doesn\u2019t restrict membership by race and \u201chas had and has members of color.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.30737704918\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThe club informs me that it does in fact have diversity in membership,\u201d Whitehouse said<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that he no longer belongs to the club, but he has family who continue to have a membership there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alizaslav\/status\/1407092922286231554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Rhode Island senator\u2019s response comes days after his exchange with a local reporter, who asked him about his family\u2019s affiliation with Bailey\u2019s Beach House. In a video of the exchange, the exclusive club, formally known as Spouting Rock Beach Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/senate-rhode-island-all-white-club-whitehouse\/2021\/06\/21\/95018cd8-d2b7-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html\">according<\/a> to the Washington Post, was described by the reporter as \u201call white.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"30\">\n<p><i><span>REPORTER: Back in 2017, you had expressed concerns about the membership of the all white Baily\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?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>WHITEHOUSE: I think the people who are running the place are still working on that. And I\u2019m sorry, it hasn\u2019t happened yet.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>REPORTER: Do you have concerns in 2021? I mean, obviously, it\u2019s been four years, you had remarks on the floor following the death of Briana Taylor and George Floyd saying, you know, hoping to root out systemic racism in the country. Your thoughts on an elite all white wealthy club again in this day and age, you know, should these clubs continue to exist?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>WHITEHOUSE: It\u2019s a long tradition in Rhode Island and there are many of them. And I think we just need to work our way through the issues. Thank you.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whitehouse said Monday he didn\u2019t mean to suggest his \u201clong tradition\u201d comment was a response to the reporter\u2019s \u201call white\u201d remark, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/sen-whitehouse-defends-membership-private-beach-club-s-allegedly-all-n1271723\">NBC News<\/a>. Rather, Whitehouse says he was referring to the \u201clong tradition of it being a family run club,\u201d of which he said there are many in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth Whitehouse and his wife Sandra as well as their families have been members of the club for decades,\u201d reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/its-a-long-tradition-in-ri-whitehouse-defends-familys-membership-in-all-whi\">GoLocalProv<\/a>, the local news outlet that first reported the story. \u201cWhitehouse 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 [of] Newport, Palm Beach, and New York wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) defended his affiliation with an exclusive club on Monday, telling reporters that he believes the journalist who described the club to him as having \u201call white\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280948,"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\/Sheldon-Whitehouse.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. 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