{"id":48187,"date":"2017-09-26T12:57:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/26\/tillmans-widow-dont-politicize-pat-in-attempt-to-divide\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:58:26","slug":"tillmans-widow-dont-politicize-pat-in-attempt-to-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/off-duty\/military-sports\/2017\/09\/26\/tillmans-widow-dont-politicize-pat-in-attempt-to-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Tillman&#8217;s widow: Don&#8217;t politicize Pat in attempt to divide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marie Tillman, the widow of former NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, says that her husband\u2019s service \u201cshould never be politicized in a way that divides us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marie Tillman released <a href=\"http:\/\/cnn.it\/2y4M955\">a statement to CNN<\/a> on Monday after President Trump retweeted an account referencing Pat Tillman and using the hashtag #StandForOurAnthem. Trump has criticized NFL players for kneeling during \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d to protest police treatment of blacks and other social injustices. More than 200 NFL players knelt or sat during the anthem this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NFLplayer PatTillman joined U.S. Army in 2002. He was killed in action 2004. He fought 4our country\/freedom. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandForOurAnthem?src=hash\">#StandForOurAnthem<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottNFL?src=hash\">#BoycottNFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1FXHRoozY\">pic.twitter.com\/k1FXHRoozY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u24bfay (@jayMAGA45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jayMAGA45\/status\/912025733530341377\">September 24, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillman walked away from the NFL to join the Army after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He was <a href=\"http:\/\/thefallen.militarytimes.com\/army-cpl-patrick-d-tillman\/263007\">killed by friendly fire<\/a> in Afghanistan in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a football player and soldier, Pat inspired countless Americans to unify,\u201d Marie Tillman said. \u201cIt is my hope that his memory should always remind people that we must come together. Pat\u2019s service, along with that of every man and woman\u2019s service, should never be politicized in a way that divides us. We are too great of a country for that. Those that serve fight for the American ideals of freedom, justice and democracy. They and their families know the cost of that fight. 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