Obama on Kaepernick: ‘He’s Exercising His Constitutional Right To Make a Statement’

"In terms of Mr. Kaepernick, you know, I got to confess that I haven’t been thinking about football while I’ve been over here and I haven’t been following this closely, but I -- you know, my understanding at least is that he’s exercising his constitutional right to make a statement, I think there’s a long history of sports figures doing so."