President Obama calls Colin Kaepernick's anthem protest 'his Constitutional right'
 

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 on Monday.*

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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" doing similar acts of protest, Obama also **ted "the meaning [the anthem and flag] hold for our men and women in uniform."* Read more...

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