President Barack Obama on Monday defended a U.S. football player who sparked controversy when he refused to stand for the national anthem, saying that the athlete was "exercising his constitutional right" to protest. "My understanding ... is that he's exercising his constitutional right to make a statement. I think there's a long history of sports figures doing so," said Obama during a press conference at the end of the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. Kaepernick, who is biracial and whose adoptive parents are white, has said that "There's a lot of things that need to change. And if nothing else, what he's done is he's generated more conversation around some topics that need to be talked about," the president added.

Source: Fox News September 05, 2016 22:30 UTC