A Democratic senator who came under fire earlier this week over his membership in an elite Rhode Island beach club is now defending the club against accusations of racism. Earlier this week, a reporter for GoLocalProv asked Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) about his membership in Bailey’s Beach Club in Newport, which the outlet claimed does not have any people of color as members. Our membership comes from all over the globe to our small club and we welcome the diversity of view and background they bring to our community. He said he will not ask them to quit the club because “my relationship with my family is not one in which I tell them what to do.”Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) issues a long statement on his beach club. "At the time, I made the mistake of accepting her premise" that the beach club was all-White.

Source: Huffington Post June 23, 2021 22:30 UTC