Former U.S. Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill, who killed Osama bin Laden in a team action during the raid, says its “disheartening” to see some Democrats defend socialism.
The tweet got more than 15,000 likes and almost 5,000 retweets within 16 hours of being posted.
It’s unclear who O’Neill was specifically referring to in his tweet, but he said it along with a string of other tweets discussing the vote count in Florida’s Senate race.
“It’s so weird that the longer they count votes, the more Democrats get,” he said, “[Scott] was ahead by 55,000 votes on Tuesday. It’s almost tied now.”
“They are still adding up the votes from dead people,” he posted right before the “disheartening” tweet.
During a campaign event, Florida Governor and the Republican Senate Candidate Rick Scott called Bill Nelson, his Democratic rival and three-term incumbent Senator, and Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, “socialists.”
Three Statewide Races Heading for Possible Recount
On the election night, Scott led by about 56,000 votes against Nelson and declared victory.However, Broward County and Palm Beach County—two heavily Democratic counties with a history of election integrity problems—later found 80,000 additional ballots.
Scott’s margin over Nelson narrowed greatly when emerging ballots from Broward County were counted. He led by just over 12,000 votes on the morning of Nov. 10, less than the 0.25-percent threshold to order a manual recount of overvotes and undervotes.
He was suspicious of how Broward County came up with tens of thousands of votes so late after the election night. Broward has voted more than 2-to-1 against him, and the additional votes have eroded his lead.
The Florida Governor’s race may also be heading to possible recounts.
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, conceded to his Republican rival Ron DeSantis on election night, but when the results began to narrow, he moved for a recount. DeSantis has said little about the possible recount and is proceeding for the transition. He is appointing a transition team and preparing to take office in January.