{"id":570946,"date":"2021-06-22T17:37:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T21:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=570946"},"modified":"2021-06-22T17:37:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T21:37:25","slug":"black-democrats-activists-silent-on-whitehouses-white-only-club-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-democrats-activists-silent-on-whitehouses-white-only-club-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Democrats, Activists Silent on Whitehouse\u2019s White-Only Club Membership"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fblack-democrats-activists-silent-on-whitehouses-white-only-club-membership%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=570946&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 readability=\"32.553191489362\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, 49 Democratic senators stay mum<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232577923-1-736x490-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232577923-1-736x490.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232577923-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232577923-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tSen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI speaks as Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a US Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on April 28, 2021. (Photo by Tom Williams \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by TOM WILLIAMS\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/joseph-simonson\/\" title=\"Posts by Joseph Simonson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Joseph Simonson<\/a> \u2022 June 22, 2021 5:20 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"94.883841661259\">\n<p>Democratic lawmakers and racial justice advocates have kept quiet about Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse\u2019s membership in a racially exclusionary organization, seemingly satisfied with the Rhode Island Democrat&#8217;s explanation that it is nothing more than &#8220;a long tradition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> asked all 50 Democratic members of the Senate, as well as the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP, for comment on the controversy related to Whitehouse&#8217;s association with Bailey\u2019s Beach Club. No office, other than Whitehouse\u2019s, responded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club has no such restrictive policy. The club has had and has members of color,&#8221; a spokesman for Whitehouse said. &#8220;The senator has dedicated his entire career to promoting equity and protecting civil rights, as his record shows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Whitehouse\u2019s insistence, qualifications for membership to Bailey\u2019s Beach Club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/07\/20\/style\/summer-places-at-bailey-s-beach-the-ruling-class-keeps-its-guard-up.html\">have been described<\/a> by one lifelong member as &#8220;Jewish, yes \u2026 blacks, not really.&#8221; The Democrat felt uncomfortable with the seemingly overt discrimination at his club and promised to resign his membership in 2006, only to transfer membership to his wife. Whitehouse faces renewed scrutiny after being confronted by a local reporter who asked if &#8220;there are any minority members of the club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the people who are running the place are still working on that,&#8221; Whitehouse said.<\/p>\n<p>Considered one of the most exclusive clubs in the state, Bailey\u2019s Beach is admired by Newport denizens and visitors alike for its &#8220;much loved \u2026 natural scenery.&#8221; One young white couple wedded at Bailey\u2019s Beach Club <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meaganemilia.com\/nina-dave-sunset-beach-wedding-at-baileys-beach-in-newport-rhode-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclaimed<\/a> &#8220;No wonder this is a private club\u2014it is stunning!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to its website, the club offers &#8220;our membership and their guests lunch and dinner service daily, as well as two full service bars, swimming pool, tennis courts, and nearly a 1\/4 mile of private beach front.&#8221; Job openings for the club expect applications to &#8220;demonstrate professionalism in appearance and attitude at all times.&#8221; The club pays many positions less than $15 per hour and has a policy against tipping.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews on Google for the club, which is formally known as the Spouting Rock Beach Association, were less positive. One local Newport guide expressed exasperation with members who called &#8220;the cops on children\u2019s hot dog stands.&#8221; Another called Bailey\u2019s a &#8220;nice place if you can get in, which you can&#8217;t,&#8221; adding that membership is by invitation only.<\/p>\n<p>Whitehouse is an influential member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, well known for his scrutiny of nominees to the federal bench. In October 2018, Whitehouse grilled then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about a high school yearbook entry containing a fart joke in order to assess the Trump nominee&#8217;s worthiness for a lifetime appointment. The 65-year-old senator is holding out hope\u201415 years after he transferred his membership to avoid political controversy\u2014that his tony beach club might change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry it hasn&#8217;t happened yet,&#8221; Whitehouse told the reporter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, 49 Democratic senators stay mum  Sen. 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