The Facts: Leni Robredo did indeed mention that her favorite book is Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird (1960).
In the video posted by Rappler, at the timestamp 4:22, VP Robredo states the title “To Kill a Mockingbird” which she read during her first year of high school.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NiV2oSmPI)
Twitter user Dimple (@sultress2022) claims that VP Robredo did not answer the question about her favorite book correctly, stating that she only described her favorite book and failed to be concise with her answer. The tweet has since garnered 405 likes and over 1,300 retweets as of writing.
Meanwhile Facebook user @Jean whose post reached 1.7k likes and 3.4k shares states that the VP was “still in a limbo” as she was beating around the bush. However, at the 00:23 time stamp on the video shared by the two users, VP Robredo has already answered the question and simply elaborated on why this was her favorite book.
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