Pat Tillman's widow slams Donald Trump's refugee ban: 'This is not what he died for'

[TexasTowelie]

The widow of Pat Tillman, the football star who quit the NFL and signed up for the Army Rangers after 9/11, is speaking out against President Donald Trump‘s executive order temporarily banning all from entering the U.S.

Marie Tillman said she is “deeply saddened” by the controversial order, and vowed to “fight” the policy in honor of her husband, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2004 – just two years after enlisting.

“He stood up to serve because he believed in the principles on which our country was founded and, recognizing it wasn’t perfect, was passionate about what it could be,” Tillman wrote in the Facebook post on Saturday.

“This is not the country he dreamed of, not what he served for and not what he died for.”

In 2002 my husband enlisted in the US Army, he stood up to serve because he believed in the principles on which our country was founded and, recognizing it wasn’t perfect, was passionate about what it could be. Today I am deeply saddened by the news of the executive order banning immigration. This is not the country he dreamed of, not what he served for and not what he died for. Since his death I have embarked on the most meaningful work of my life, supporting the men and women who, like Pat, fight for what this country can be. As I read posts from the community of #Tillman Scholars on my Facebook feed I am encouraged; they are exactly as I knew they would be, poised and ready to fight. I am proud of them and proud to stand with them, we’ve got this.

Read more: http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/people_ew/2017/01/pat_tillman_s_widow_slams_donald_trump_s_refugee_ban_this_is_not

[busterbrown]

1. Tillmans are all heroes..

I admire the family!

[Mc Mike]

2. Good woman. rec, Nt