Netizens are circulating a clip from a campaign rally in Quiapo, Manila showing Vice President Sara Duterte before a crowd who was supposedly chanting “Marcos! Marcos!” while she was speaking. The posts are misleading.
Several Facebook (FB) and TikTok users posted the video after Duterte’s April 25 appearance at a campaign sortie of mayoral candidate Isko Moreno Domagoso and his slate. In the circulating clips, Duterte can be seen taking jabs at Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua when the crowd supposedly chanted “Marcos! Marcos!.”
An FB reel carried the text:
“HINDI MO KAYANG ITAOB NG MARCOS SA MANILA FT MARCOS! MARCOS ANG SIGAW NG MANILA. FYI MANILA IS MARCOS COUNTRY DAHIL SA MGA PABAHAY NG MARCOS SINCE APO LAKAY
(YOU CAN’T TOPPLE THE MARCOSES IN MANILA. MANILA STILL SHOUTS FOR MARCOS. FYI MANILA IS MARCOS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING PROJECTS OF THE MARCOSES SINCE APO LAKAY).”
A TikTok post showing a similar video clip had subtitles of what the crowd was supposedly chanting, such as “Marcos,” “Lutang (absent-minded),” “Inday sayad (crazy),” and “Inday magnanakaw (thief).”
A clearer livestream from news organization Rappler of the April 25 campaign rally in Quiapo shows supporters chanting “Apol,” referring to Councilor Johanna Maureen “Apple” C. Nieto-Rodriguez, who is running against Chua, the target of Duterte’s tirades in her speech.
Another netizen uploaded a video from the same event and no “Marcos” chants can be heard during any part of the speech.
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