US Senator Labels Nigerians 419s

Ted Cruz, a junior United States Senator for the state of Texas since 2013, has labeled every Nigerian a fraudster responsible for the technical glitches that have prevented users from registering online for Obamacare.

“You may have noticed that all the Nigerian email scammers have become a lot less active lately," he said at a gathering of Tea Party supporters Monday, "They all have been hired to run the Obamacare website," the Houston Chronicle quoted Cruz as saying.

The so-called ObamaCare is the unofficial name for US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which was signed into law on March 23, 2010.
 
Cruz was speaking to a tea party crowd filling the headquarters of the King Street Patriots in his hometown Monday night, and he said it was good to be back.

“I’ve spent the past month in Washington, D.C.,” Cruz said. “It is terrific to be back in America.”

Back in Texas for a series of speaking events, Cruz stuck to many of his familiar lines, including saying he doesn’t “work for the party bosses,” that Senate Republicans allowed a “lousy deal” and that he was in the fight against Obamacare for the long haul.

Cruz's spokesperson told KTRK the senator was just making a joke based on a common email scam and meant no offense. But the Nigerian community wasn't laughing.

The Rev. Felix Awotula, pastor at Redeemed Christian Church of God, told KTRK that he received phone calls about the comment throughout the day.