On Friday, Rhode Island Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse — who had slammed former President Trump for “toiling to deepen the fault lines in American life” and claimed, “We can and must do better to root out systemic racism in its many forms and meet America’s full promise of justice for all” — was asked about his membership in what a reporter referred to as an all-white private Bailey’s Beach Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
Whitehouse had told GoLocal’s News Editor Kate Nagle in 2017, “I think it would be nice if they (Bailey’s Beach Club) changed a little bit, but it’s not my position,” then was questioned whether he would urge the club to push for diversity at the all-white club. He answered, “I will take that up privately.”
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