Nigeria's ambassador says comments about 'Nigerian email scammers' are offensive. | AP Photo Close 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. Continue Reading 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. “We deplore the statement, and we demand an apology, and we demand it be withdrawn,” Adefuye said. ( PHOTOS: Key quotes from Ted Cruz ) Adefuye said he was surprised when Cruz did not deny the “offensive” remarks,
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