It is a truism hardly worth noting that if a Republican senator belonged to an ‘all-white’ beach club that politician would be called forth for a televised ‘struggle session’ to explain himself before the national media.
But the same treatment could hardly be expected for a Democratic senator, namely, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who was recently exposed for lacking insufficient social justice bona fides, since his family belonged to an all-white social club called the Spouting Rock Beach Association.
The reaction of Axios, a center-left website that reported on the matter? “Whitehouse defends elite beach club membership.” That was its headline.
“Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Monday defended his family’s membership to a private Rhode Island beach club that was alleged to have all-white members and told reporters the club is ‘working on improving diversity’,” Rebecca Falconer wrote.
“Whitehouse has spoken out against systemic racism following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others,” Falconer noted regarding ‘why it matters.’
“Richard Davidson, a spokesperson for Whitehouse, told NBC the club has no ‘restrictive policy’,” she added. This hardly matters, since the moving goalposts of the Woke mob require ubiquitous diversity and inclusion (or, alternatively, segregation for blacks only).
Social media commentators tore into Axios for equating “all-white” to “elite”:
Whoever wrote this headline is saying “elite” and “segregated” are synonymous, and I’m…speechless. https://t.co/UfCVU0a1zw
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) June 22, 2021
Interesting that @axios defines the whites only club @SenWhitehouse is a member of as "elite" https://t.co/5ktWjBKTpC
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 22, 2021
Elite? “All-white” imagine the headline if Ted Cruz was a member and not Sheldon
— Stevan Bradican (@StevanBradican) June 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/JoeChalfant/status/1407139532072439810
“Elite” doing a lot of work there @axios https://t.co/YqFxsfgkq2
— Brad Pritts (@BradleyPritts) June 22, 2021
Hey #BLM your friends at Axios are now calling racist white-only clubs, “elite”. At least in the headline, so they can bury the racism deeper. https://t.co/RNbuuPNr1f
— Louis “it’s fine” Dunn (@LouADunn) June 22, 2021
That wasn’t the only social media blow-up on the issue, however; Sheldon Whitehouse had his own PR issues to resolve.
This is what the Rhode Island senator tweeted on Monday:
These stripes show the temperate change in Rhode Island from 1850 – 2020. Not good. pic.twitter.com/Cz3Vojyj07
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) June 21, 2021
The reaction was pretty hilarious.
These stripes show the variety of colors allowed in your country club. Not good. pic.twitter.com/UQWXKQv76S
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) June 22, 2021
These lines are a lot more diverse than your all white country club!
That apparently it's OK for you to be a member of because "tradition."https://t.co/569VpAty0A
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) June 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/RealC0rnP0p/status/1407130562553253891
Democrats like Sheldon Whitehouse will undoubtedly continue to berate Americans for insufficient Wokeness, while demonstrating absolutely no consistency in their own personal lives. That’s the Democrat way.
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