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 “all white” membership was likely incorrect.
“I think they got the facts wrong,” Whitehouse told Capitol Hill reporters on Monday evening, also adding, the club “informs me that it does, in fact, have diversity” in its membership, CBS News reported. In a separate statement, a spokesperson for Whitehouse told The Washington Post that the club doesn’t restrict membership by race and “has had and has members of color.”
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