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Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden floats run for office

By Luke Gentile
Published September 9, 2021 3:03pm ET
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Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden floats run for office
Retired Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, 38, who says he shot and killed Osama bin Laden, is interviewed in Washington, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. The former Navy SEAL says he was inspired to go public about his role after meeting with the families of people who died in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. | (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

The Navy SEAL who helped kill Osama bin Laden said the country has a leadership void, suggesting he might take action to fill it.

“Our great nation needs real leaders,” Robert O’Neill, who helped kill bin Laden during a 2011 raid in Pakistan, said Wednesday on Twitter.

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