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'People who look like me': Kash Patel rages against Senator Whitehouse's 'White only' private club, says he will knock on the door

FBI director Kash Patel clapped back at Democrat senator Sheldon Whitehouse as the senator insinuated that as Patel will soon face the music as lawsuits against him are piling up. Patel was quick to reply and dug out an old scandal of the Whitehouse family as they were tied to an exclusive beach club that did not allow anyone but Whites. A controversy erupted in 2021 over the rule when the senator apologized that the club leaders were working on the issue of diversity and that he was sorry that the issue was not addressed before.

"How’s that private beach club of yours that doesn’t let people who look like me in? I’ll be the guy knocking on the front door, let’s see if you open… meanwhile this FBI crushing violent crime in Rhode Island for people of every color," Patel wrote listing out the FBI's work in 2025 only in Rhode Island.

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