Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse defends ‘whites-only’ beach club, says he’s not member – By Samuel Chamberlain (New York Post) / June 23 2021
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) denied Wednesday that he is a member of an exclusive Newport beach club accused of only admitting white people and insisted that the organization does have “non-white members.”
In a lengthy statement, Whitehouse said he would not ask his wife or any of his other relatives who hold membership at the Bailey’s Beach Club to resign for two reasons: “First, they are on the right side of pushing for improvements. Second, and more importantly, my relationship with my family is not one in which I tell them what to do.”
While Whitehouse said that he has “no membership to resign” when it came to Bailey’s Beach Club, he did note that he belongs to a local sailing club that “does lack diversity.”
“Failing to address the sailing club’s lack of diversity is squarely on me, and something for which I am sorry,” the senator said. “I commit to working with the club and the community to build a more inclusive membership and to better connect with the local community.”
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