A week ago US Republican Senator Ted Cruz in a rally said that Nigerian email scammers have been hired to run the Obamacare website. This comment was found offensive by some people especially Nigerians. After series of criticism from Nigerians in Houston and across the US, the office of the Senator has issued a statement from Ted Cruz apologizing for what he said.
See the statement:
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.
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
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