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09-06-2016, 01:20 AM
President Obama calls Colin Kaepernick's anthem protest 'his Constitutional right'
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President Barack Obama defended Colin Kaepernick's right to protest the national anthem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/colin-kaepernick-footba/) on Monday.*
SEE ALSO: Here's why Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem/)
Answering a question about the San Francisco 49ers quarterback's ongoing protest, President Obama, speaking at a G20 press conference in China, admitted he hadn't been following the controversy closely but said he defended Kaepernick's actions as "his Constitutional right."
**ting "a long history of sports figures (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/sports-protests-black-lives-matter/)" doing similar acts of protest, Obama also **ted "the meaning [the anthem and flag] hold for our men and women in uniform."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/05/obama-backs-kaepernick/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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President Barack Obama defended Colin Kaepernick's right to protest the national anthem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/colin-kaepernick-footba/) on Monday.*
SEE ALSO: Here's why Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem/)
Answering a question about the San Francisco 49ers quarterback's ongoing protest, President Obama, speaking at a G20 press conference in China, admitted he hadn't been following the controversy closely but said he defended Kaepernick's actions as "his Constitutional right."
**ting "a long history of sports figures (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/sports-protests-black-lives-matter/)" doing similar acts of protest, Obama also **ted "the meaning [the anthem and flag] hold for our men and women in uniform."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/05/obama-backs-kaepernick/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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