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Posted on 10/24/2013 8:10:33 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
The Nigerian ambassador to the United States on Thursday decried Sen. Ted Cruz’s joke earlier this week that “Nigerian email scammers” built the government’s health care exchange website, saying his comments are offensive and demanded an apology.
Ambassador Ade Adefuye told POLITICO that Nigerians are “disappointed and shocked” by Cruz’s comments.
“We deplore the statement, and we demand an apology, and we demand it be withdrawn,” Adefuye said.
Cruz (R-Texas) made the remarks Monday night in Houston at a “Welcome Home” event with tea party supporters. The following day, Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) criticized the comments and said they appeal to a “backward” part of Cruz’s base that believes the president is from Africa.
Adefuye said he was surprised when Cruz did not deny the “offensive” remarks, adding that it’s inappropriate for a senator to disparage an entire country to score political points.
“It is unfair of any senator to essentially use citizens that are law abiding, to use Nigerians as cannon fodder,” Adefuye said. “We recognize that we have efforts on the part of Sen. Cruz to appeal to some animus in his domestic base. In the course of doing that, to allow him to ridicule a country and its citizens is completely over the top. He should not denigrate Nigerians in order to appease these domestic constituents.”
Speaking to POLITICO from Nigeria, Adefuye said the country is aware of Cruz’s comments and “angered” by them. He said Nigerians are good people who should not be made fun of for a joke.
“Many people from Nigeria are making meaningful contributions to American society, and Nigerians are very law abiding and making contributions to their host community,” Adefuye said. “It was a joke that went too far, and we demand an apology.”
A spokeswoman for Cruz said the comments were made in jest and were not intended to impugn Nigerians as a people.
“The senator meant no offense. He was making a joke based on the official term of a commonly utilized type of scam, referenced often by the FBI, security firms and various news sites,” Catherine Frazier said.
The FBI identifies “Nigerian letter fraud” on its website describing common fraud schemes, saying it involves a letter sent from Nigeria offering to share profits if the recipient helps a self-proclaimed government official transfer funds out of the country.
Hahahaha! Good laugh ...
Yeah, well I’m still waiting for my share of that dead cocoa plantation owner’s secret bank account!
He was called by the White House and told to say this.
So then the government of Nigeria is confessing to being behind these spam emails?
Does that work for you?
Oh STHU . . . Scammer
Maybe Sen. Cruz will consider it once those Nigerian pirates release the two Americans they’re holding hostage.
So how about those White girls from Ghana that want a plane ticket “back” to the USA?
Screw him.
Dr. Mr. Ambassador. We would like to make restitution for our deeply antagonistic insult. Please forward your bank account information so we can move $10 million dollars into it as soon as possible...
He should apologize. A Nigerian scammer’s site would work much better than Obama’s.
Why sure they are! Heck, all of Nigeria knows there's a senator from Texas who is calling them names (uhhh.... they just don't know what a "senator" is or what/where "Texas" is... I mean, isn't all of the "U.S." paved in gold with slaveholders running the show?)
We need a Man on the Street poll in Abuja just about now (oh, for those world citizens who don't know, Abuja is the capitol of Nigeria).
hmm...what do you call an email scammer from Nigeria??
So when is Ambassador Ade Adefuye going to issue an official apology for all of the crimes that have been committed by Nigerian email scammers?
I’m waiting...
Still waiting...
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Thanks.. best laugh I’ve had in a long time.
Is this satire? This has to be satire.
Even Nigerians get Nigerian email scams. This guy is blowing smoke.
Beat me to it. LOL
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