Last week, 31 of the 32 Senators in the Dominican Republic's Congress sent President Barack Obama an apology. The reason? Highly offensive comments by former Dominican Republic President Hipolito Mejia, who is currently seeking to reclaim the job he held from 2000 to 2004. He lost in a landslide defeat amid a national economic crisis and financial near-collapse.
Mejia recently told a gathering of New York clergy that Obama "came from Africa and grew up over there." Watch the video: |