Davis cited recent polling showing that most people were not offended by the Redskins name and hit Obama for speaking about football “at a time like this.”

“He’s unaware of the data. He’s expressing an opinion. He happens to be wrong in not knowing about the data. If he knew about the data, I’m looking forward to him saying, ‘You know, now that I know from Lanny Davis about the data, I favor the Washington Redskins because there is not a sizable group [offended by the name], by my own criteria.’ So I don’t know why he spoke out at a time like this, but I’m glad that he’s using that criteria, by that criteria, no name change is necessary,” Davis said.

The poll Davis referred to, conducted in April by The Associated Press, showed that nearly four out of five Americans do not think the Redskins should change their name.