US Senator Ted Cruz apologizes for offensive remark about Nigerians
told a rally that Nigerian email scammers have been hired
to run the Obamacare website, a comment that a lot of
Nigerians found offensive. After being bombarded with
several phone calls from Nigerians in Houston and all
across the US, the office of Ted Cruz has issued a
statement from the Senator apologizing for what he
said.
The full statement reads:
It's unfortunate that we're living in a time where
just about every joke can be misconstrued to
cause offense to someone.
To the good people of Nigeria - a beautiful nation
where my wife lived briefly as the child of
missionaries - no offense was intended.
I am fully appreciative of the range of mutual
economic and security interests that make Nigeria
an important friend to the United States.
And even to those few unscrupulous email
scammers who were the subject of the joke, I
apologize to you for the unfair comparison to the
utterly dysfunctional Obamacare website.
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone, powered by Easyblaze
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