Former SEAL Robert O'Neill Banned From Delta Over Masks
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Via: john-russell • 6 years ago • 16 commentsBy: Aidan McLaughlin (Mediaite)
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By Aidan McLaughlinAug 20th, 2020, 5:57 pm
Robert O'Neill , the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, said he was banned from Delta on Thursday, a day after he posted a photo of himself going maskless on a flight.
"I just got banned from @Delta for posting a picture," the former SEAL turned author and Fox News regular tweeted. "Wow."
I just got banned from @Delta for posting a picture. Wow.
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) August 20, 2020
That came a day after O'Neill posted a photo of himself refusing to wear a mask on a flight. "I'm not a pussy," the former SEAL Team Six member wrote in the caption. In the background, a man wearing a Marines hat could be seen wearing a mask. Delta customers and staffers are required to wear a face mask on flights.
O'Neill eventually deleted the photo — or, his wife did, as he claimed in a subsequent tweet.
I didn't delete my tweet. My wife did.
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) August 19, 2020
That wasn't before the New York Post reached out to Delta for comment. The airline said it was reviewing the incident.
"We're aware of this customer's tweet and are reviewing this event. All customers who don't comply with our mask-wearing requirement risk losing their ability to fly Delta in the future," a Delta rep told the Post . "Medical research tells us that wearing a mask is one of the most effective ways to reduce the COVID-19 infection rate," she added.
Hours after that Post report was published, O'Neill tweeted that he had been banned from the airline.
O'Neill also fired back at criticism of his tweet on the platform, stating that he did not mean the photo as an attack on the man in the Marines hat behind him, but as a joke.
I do wear a mask, @Alyssa_Milano … this attempt at a joke did NOT go over well… https://t.co/LgQR6UzN0d
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) August 19, 2020
There are also a few taunts of his critics, which includes an odd tweet that can only be described as Covid-baiting:
I shook thousands of hands and gave thousands of hugs this week. I flew on some planes. I'll be alive next week.
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) August 19, 2020
Delta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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I dont think this incident enhanced his reputation, so it must have hurt it.
SEALS tend to think that they are invincible and can do anything. That's how they're trained.
Seem to recall that the powers-that-be wanted Osama alive and this guy went rogue.
Maybe it was PTSD or STUPID. Anyone who is a Fox news contributor can't be that bright. He just proves it.
Color me surprised of his actions based upon my experiences. The guy is probably close to being worn out. I've worked with SEALs back in the 1980s, and normally they were pretty quiet and went about their business. Call it quiet confidence. O'Neal seems to be an exception.
What is wrong with him? He's not wearing a mask on a crowded flight as a joke? "I'm not a pussy." Not too funny.
Don't give a flying fuck who he is or what he did...WEAR A MASK ASSHOLE
I will always be grateful for how this soldier helped take Bin Laden out, but damn it man wear the fing mask. You are a seal, not a sheeple.
Proof you can wear the uniform, be a hero - or do anything else that's worthy of respect - and still be a dumb ass at times.