Whitehouse office said club is not all-White, despite reports on lack of diversity
By Tyler Olson
Fox News
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse last week refused to apologize for his family’s membership in a reportedly all-White beach club in his home state of Rhode Island, calling beach clubs “a long tradition” and saying he hopes the club will admit minority members soon.
The senator’s office on Monday denied that the club has discriminatory policies and said it does have minority members.
Whitehouse, D-R.I., was asked about his family’s membership in Bailey’s Beach Club, officially known as Spouting Rock Beach Association, by GoLocalProv in a video that was posted on Saturday.
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