Who is Robert J. O'Neill? Former US Navy Seal who allegedly shot Osama bin Laden calls Gen Z Kamala Harris voters "my concubines"
Robert J. O'Neill, a former US Navy SEAL who claimed he shot at Osama bin Laden, drew the ire of netizens for calling young Kamala Harris voters "my concubines." On November 2, Harry Sisson, a 22-year-old TikToker, posted a picture of him and four other friends after voting for Harris in the presidential election.
The picture was captioned:
"We’re Gen Z voters and we all PROUDLY voted for Kamala Harris! Real men support Harris!"
Robert J. O'Neill seemingly took offense to the post, retorting by calling them "boys" and saying they would be his concubines if there were no social media. The term "concubine" is usually used to refer to a woman who lives with a man she is not married to, for his s*xual pleasure.
"You’re not men. You’re boys. If there was no social media, you would be my concubines," O'Neill wrote.
The tweet, receiving over 44.2 million views at the time of writing this article, was met with ridicule and disbelief. Many dubbed Robert J. O'Neill "creepy" for allegedly wanting to keep five young men as s*x slaves.
Harry Sisson, the original poster whose tweet O'Neill replied to, also responded by calling the latter "weird."
"So you want 5 young “boys” to be your s*x slaves…? That’s pretty f**king weird. Also, ratio bozo."
According to his website, Robert J. O'Neill is a combat veteran holding over 53 honors. His missions included the rescue operation for Captain Phillips from Somali pirates in 2009, and the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011.
Robert J. O'Neill led over 400 combat missions
Hailing from Butte, Montana, Robert J. O'Neill said he became a Navy SEAL because he wanted to leave home. In a June 2018 YouTube interview on The Ed Mylett Show, O'Neill said:
"I got dumped by a girl and wanted to leave Butte, Montana. The first line of my book, The Operator, it says, 'I owe my career as a Navy SEAL to a girl.'"
He added that he initially wanted to join the Marines because he wanted to be a sniper. However, he ran into a Navy recruiter who said the Marine Corps was a Navy department, and that they needed snipers in the Navy SEALs as well. According to his website, O'Neill served in SEAL Team Two, Team Four, and Team Six, with over 400 combat missions under his belt.
Robert J. O'Neill's accolades include a Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor and three Presidential Unit Commendations, among others. He assisted in several famous missions, including the rescue mission for Operation Red Wings' only survivor Marcus Luttrell.
Robert was criticized for violating the SEAL's "code of silence"
O'Neill was also a part of the rescue operation to save Captain Phillips from Somali pirates. However, his most famous mission to date is the killing of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, in a mission dubbed Operation Neptune’s Spear.
In a 2013 Esquire interview, O'Neill claimed he shot and killed bin Laden. However, the US government did not confirm the claims nor did they deny them. Further, Robert J. O'Neill was criticized for violating the Navy SEAL "code of silence."
In a 2023 interview with Thought Economics, O'Neill spoke about his decision to come forward with his claims about killing bin Laden. He said:
"The gravity of what we did wasn’t in our minds till later… we killed the #1 terrorist in the world! When we got back to the USA, my name was already out in our circle. We have SEAL teams in Virginia, San Diego, Washington and New York and the first question that any of them asked about the mission was, ‘who got him…’ and that’s how my name came out."
Further, he added that he donated his shirt to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, and while there, the people present put him on stage and asked him to tell the story. Robert added:
"That was the first time I ever told the story about Bin Laden. The reaction from the families was powerful... people told me that while they could never truly have closure, that seeing a person who was there on that mission helped healing. That moment was an insight for me... if I could help 35 people, I could help 100,000 people, just by telling them the story."
Robert J. O'Neill also authored a memoir about the experience, titled THE OPERATOR: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior. The memoir, which came out in 2017, became a New York Times bestseller.
The former Navy SEAL currently hosts his podcast, The Operator With Rob O’Neill, where he talks about current events. He also founded a charity, called Special Operators Transition Foundation, to help veterans acclimate to civilian life.