‘Sounds like MAGA fanfic’: Netizens slam Karoline Leavitt over post on alleged mystery sonic weapon used in Venezuela

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has triggered a wave of online criticism after resharing a post that alleged the US used a “mystery” sonic weapon during the raid that led to the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.Leavitt shared the post on X, urging users to read it closely. “Stop what you are doing and read this,” she wrote. The post presented an interview-style account attributed to a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Maduro, who claimed the weapon caused soldiers to bleed from their noses and vomit blood.The claims have not been independently verified. Still, Leavitt’s decision to amplify the account has drawn attention, with critics questioning whether the post reflects battlefield reality or serves a political narrative.In the account reshared by Leavitt, the Venezuelan guard described the 3 January 2026 raid as swift and overwhelming. He claimed Venezuelan radar systems shut down suddenly, leaving troops disoriented as drones entered the airspace and helicopters surrounded their position.“We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed,” he said, repeatedly calling the operation a “massacre.”According to the guard, only a small number of US troops descended from the helicopters. “From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look like anything we've fought against before.”He then described what he believed was a previously unseen weapon. “They launched something—I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside.”He claimed soldiers around him “started bleeding from the nose,” while others began “vomiting blood.” The effects, he said, were immediate and terrifying.The guard further alleged that the US troops fired at extraordinary speed. He said roughly twenty men fired “300 rounds per minute,” killing hundreds of Venezuelan soldiers “without a single casualty” on the US side.“They didn’t look like anything we’ve fought against before. We were hundreds, but we had no chance,” he said.As the post circulated online, netizens were quick to push back against both the claims and Leavitt’s decision to reshare them.Several users dismissed the account as implausible. One user labelled the claims “sci-fi,” while another mocked the narrative, asking, “he fairy tales about the space wars?”A third wrote, "Sounds like MAGA fanfic."Another asked, "So what didn’t work in Afghanistan, was there no power outlet there? Or why did they spend tens of billions of dollars and then run away?"