Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's response to a reporter's question about his family being members of an all-white private beach club is pretty amazing, and I wonder if Republicans would get the same treatment. Watch this video and let me know your thoughts and reactions in the comments below! Tweet me if you have any thoughts on this, or if you think a Republican could get away with not leaving that club, tweet me . and I'll be back with some commentary! Timestamps: 3:00 - Why hasn t Sen. Whitehouse resigned from his racist and segregationist beach club? 4:30 - Why is there still no indication that he will leave the beach club ? 5:00 - Is there any hope that the club will become more diverse in the future? 11:15 - Should a Republican be allowed to be a member of this racist, all white, all-male club? What would happen if it was a conservative institution? 12:30 - What if the club was a Republican? 13:20 - Is it possible for a Republican to boycott the club if it's a Democratic institution like this? 14:40 - Is the club racist and sexist? 15:00- Is there a double standard really a problem? 16:30- Is this a problem or is it just a Democratic thing? 17:15- Is it a Democratic or Republican issue? 18:40- Why should a Republican club be allowed? or not? 19: What's the difference between a Republican and a Democrat? and a Republican 21: What would you do when it's racist and a white person? 22:20- What do you have to do about it? 23:40 25:10 - How would a Republican do? 26:10 27:10 Can a Republican boycott a racist and all-whitelist club be the same? 29:20 Do you have a problem with a Democratic member at a racist, white-only beach club in the same place? 30:00 Do you agree with that? 31:10- What are you think you would do if a Republican would boycott a white-owned beach club when it s a racist beach club that s racist and white only? 35:10 Does it matter? 36:10 Do you want to boycott a club that has a black member?
00:00:00.000Okay, guys. So this is an interesting story.
00:00:02.000Watch this video and listen to the questions.
00:00:04.000This is a reporter questioning Rhode Island Senator Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse about his wife and their families having been members of an all-white, all-white private beach club for decades.
00:00:18.000His response is pretty amazing, and I wonder if Republicans would get the same treatment.
00:00:24.000Give it a watch. Let me know your thoughts, and I'll be back with some commentary.
00:00:30.000Okay, back in 2017, you had expressed concerns about the membership of the all-white Baileys Beach Club, said that you hoped it would become more diverse.
00:00:38.000Now, your family's been members, your wife is one of the largest shareholders.
00:00:53.000I mean, obviously, it's been four years.
00:00:54.000You had remarks on the floor following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, saying, you know, hoping to root out systemic racism in the country.
00:01:02.000Your thoughts on an elite, all-white, wealthy club again in this day and age.
00:01:09.000You know, should these clubs continue to exist?
00:01:12.000It's a long tradition in Rhode Island, and there are many of them.
00:01:16.000And I think we just need to work our way through the issues.
00:01:19.000Thank you. Okay, so it's a long tradition in Rhode Island to be racist and to be segregationist.
00:01:26.000We just need to work through the issues.
00:01:28.000He's known about the issues since 2017.
00:02:02.000You see some Democrats responding to some of the tweets I've seen about it like, well, there may not be wealthy enough people of minority status in Rhode Island.
00:04:18.000Would be the front page of every place.
00:04:21.000There'd be activists, protesters in front of the place for months.
00:04:25.000They'd be taking pictures and naming names of all the members as they go in and out of their white-only rich person club.
00:04:32.000Okay? I mean, my father did the opposite with Mar-a-Lago when he opened it up to everyone because those kinds of places existed in Palm Beach.