Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden rips Platner for 'barbaric' post trashing soldier under fire: 'Out of line'
FIRST ON FOX: Robert O'Neill, the U.S. Navy SEAL who is credited with killing Osama bin Laden, is weighing in on the unearthed social media posts from Maine Democratic Senate...
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FIRST ON FOX: Robert O'Neill, the U.S. Navy SEAL who is credited with killing Osama bin Laden, is weighing in on the unearthed social media posts from Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner that have caused an uproar in recent days. "Mr. Platner was way out of line talking about a soldier that way," O’Neill told Fox News Digital days after a resurfaced Reddit post showed Platner trashing a soldier seen in a viral video that was wounded in a clash with Taliban fighters saying, "Dumb motherf----- didn't deserve to live." "This is completely barbaric," O’Neill said. "I don't understand. If you swear an oath to the country, it doesn't even matter what the politics are. Every single time you fight it's for the man next to you, it’s for the person next to you. Politics goes out the window. And to wish ill on someone like that under fire is just, you know, like I said, it is the opposite of everything I've ever been raised to believe." Platner has leaned into his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to explain the bevy of incendiary social media posts that have surfaced since he announced his Senate run. O’Neill described Platner’s post as "vile hatred" and said that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) isn’t an excuse. LEFT-WING DEM SENATE HOPEFUL CHEERED ON ANTIFA VIOLENCE IN UNEARTHED RANT: ‘KILL A MOTHERF---ER’ "PTSD shouldn't do that to you, especially if you do it again and again, which he's done on this and then on Reddit and things like that," O’Neill said. "Just the vile hatred. I don't even know why, instead, you know, he should be seeking to get some of the Ibogaine therapy that I've done for PTSD, if it's that bad that you're out there wishing American soldiers to die under fire." Platner, a combat veteran, has also faced recent criticism over a resurfaced video disparaging "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and suggesting he killed civilians to inflate his numbers. "That would just stem from jealousy, maybe because Chris Kyle's name became…