No, he didn’t have a ‘point’, he didn’t stand for the flag because he claimed the country is systematically oppressing black people, police are deliberately targeting black people and getting away with murder. Plus wearing socks calling cops pigs, praising Castro and all manner of radical posts and lies. If someone says ‘he has a point, just don’t like the way he did it’, you are not getting what his point is. Or you agree with that point, and should be called out for the lie.

Via Buzzfeed:

President Obama on Monday addressed the controversy surrounding San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, saying the athlete was “exercising his constitutional right to make a statement” when he refused to stand for the National Anthem.

Kaepernick has said he refused to support a country that he believes oppresses black people and other minorities.

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick said during an interview with NFL Media.

The move led to Donald Trump suggesting Kaepernick should leave America, and caused a police union to threaten to boycott NFL games involving Kaepernick.

Obama, during a speech at the G20 Summit in China, added Monday that had “generated more conversation about some topics that need to be talked about.” And added that Kaerpernick had “a point around certain concerns around justice and equality.”

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