Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - Democrat Senator Allegedly Belongs To All-White Country Club?

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?

00:00:00.000 Okay, guys. So this is an interesting story.

00:00:02.000 Watch this video and listen to the questions.

00:00:04.000 This 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.

00:00:18.000 His response is pretty amazing, and I wonder if Republicans would get the same treatment.

00:00:24.000 Give it a watch. Let me know your thoughts, and I'll be back with some commentary.

00:00:27.000 Okay. A little close.

00:00:30.000 Okay, 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.

00:00:38.000 Now, your family's been members, your wife is one of the largest shareholders.

00:00:42.000 Has there been any traction in that?

00:00:44.000 Are there any minority members of the club now?

00:00:46.000 I think the people who are running the place are still working on that, and I'm sorry it hasn't happened yet.

00:00:51.000 Do you have concerns in 2021?

00:00:53.000 I mean, obviously, it's been four years.

00:00:54.000 You 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.

00:01:02.000 Your thoughts on an elite, all-white, wealthy club again in this day and age. 0.91

00:01:09.000 You know, should these clubs continue to exist?

00:01:12.000 It's a long tradition in Rhode Island, and there are many of them.

00:01:16.000 And I think we just need to work our way through the issues.

00:01:19.000 Thank you. Okay, so it's a long tradition in Rhode Island to be racist and to be segregationist.

00:01:26.000 We just need to work through the issues.

00:01:28.000 He's known about the issues since 2017.

00:01:31.000 Like, it's not a new issue.

00:01:32.000 He's been aware of it.

00:01:34.000 And I assume he's still there.

00:01:36.000 I mean, has Sheldon Whitehouse resigned from his racist and segregationist beach club yet?

00:01:43.000 If not, why not?

00:01:45.000 Have the media even asked him that question?

00:01:49.000 Have the media called the club to see how those kinds of policies could stand in 2021?

00:01:55.000 Are there protests out in front of the club?

00:01:59.000 Where's the outrage?

00:02:01.000 Where's the outrage?

00:02:02.000 You 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.

00:02:12.000 B.S. There's plenty.

00:02:14.000 It's just a segregationist club.

00:02:16.000 Let's stop pretending it.

00:02:17.000 But again, there's no outrage.

00:02:20.000 Imagine this was a Republican.

00:02:22.000 Imagine it was what they believed to be a Republican institution.

00:02:25.000 They'd be boycotting.

00:02:27.000 They'd be naming names.

00:02:29.000 They'd give you a list of the membership.

00:02:31.000 Right? They should just rename it Sheldon White Club.

00:02:34.000 Because that's what it is.

00:02:36.000 Okay? These things exist.

00:02:38.000 They shouldn't, but they still do.

00:02:40.000 But when it's a Democrat, it's rules for them and rules for us.

00:02:44.000 And there's a double standard to all of this.

00:02:47.000 He was asked about it originally in 2017.

00:02:50.000 And four years later, he's still working on it, guys.

00:02:52.000 He's really putting in an effort.

00:02:54.000 He hasn't resigned from a club that has segregationist policies or racist policies.

00:02:58.000 He's still a member because he likes the beach.

00:03:02.000 Why? You think a Republican could get away with not leaving that club?

00:03:06.000 Why hasn't Sheldon Whitehouse resigned from his white club?

00:03:10.000 I want to know.

00:03:11.000 And I think you should too.

00:03:13.000 Maybe we should write him.

00:03:15.000 Because the whole long-standing tradition Yeah, that's the problem, isn't it?

00:03:20.000 Isn't that the long-standard tradition we've heard is a problem with anything else that's even remotely similar?

00:03:25.000 Certainly if it involves a conservative or isn't protecting a Democrat senator? 0.72

00:03:34.000 I understand these kinds of plays has history, but that's a ridiculous response. 0.72

00:03:39.000 You're a sitting senator. 0.89

00:03:41.000 Your whole party does nothing but race bait and play that card day in and day out.

00:03:47.000 And you're to tell me that, well, you know, we're going to keep pushing membership to do something about it.

00:03:52.000 I'm going to still attend, of course, because I'm not going to give it up.

00:03:56.000 But it's a problem and we've got to do something about it.

00:03:59.000 I don't want to hear any more about this nonsense from the Democrats that have such a double standard.

00:04:04.000 It's liberal privilege at its finest.

00:04:06.000 I wish I would have known about this example when I was writing the book.

00:04:09.000 But again, if Sheldon Whitehouse was a Republican, this would be a major story.

00:04:14.000 They wouldn't be covering it up, okay?

00:04:16.000 Bailey's Beach Club...

00:04:18.000 Would be the front page of every place.

00:04:21.000 There'd be activists, protesters in front of the place for months.

00:04:25.000 They'd be taking pictures and naming names of all the members as they go in and out of their white-only rich person club. 0.62

00:04:32.000 Okay? 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.

00:04:40.000 Okay? He did the opposite.

00:04:42.000 Like, way before it was ever woke or popular to do so because it was the right thing to do.

00:04:47.000 That's what my dad did.

00:04:49.000 Yet, they'll tar and feather him.

00:04:50.000 Imagine the shoes were reversed and this was Donald Trump. 0.98

00:04:53.000 They'd go nuts.

00:04:54.000 But because it's Sheldon Whitehouse, he'll get a pass and nothing will happen.

00:04:59.000 Welcome to the Democrat Party, right? 0.69

00:05:01.000 They'll use these kinds of situations to their advantage, and when it happens to them, what happened?

00:05:06.000 I don't know. I don't know.

00:05:07.000 Oh, I didn't realize there was a problem.

00:05:09.000 Well, we'll go back to looking at that for another four years.

00:05:13.000 Enough, Sheldon. Man up.

00:05:15.000 Do the right thing, Sheldon.

00:05:17.000 I have a feeling you won't, because you're not capable of that.

Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - June 22, 2021

Democrat Senator Allegedly Belongs To All-White Country Club?

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