The presidential aspirant’s interview sent multiple topics linked to Robredo on top of twitter’s worldwide trends list. It also garnered millions of views on YouTube, a few hours after it got uploaded.
Other topics like #LetLeniSpeak, Tito Boy, VP Leni, and #LeniMatapang all made it to the Top 10 list in the Philippines.
Supporters and critics bombarded the platform with both praises and criticisms on her answers to Boy Abunda’s questions asked her.
#LeniAngatSaLahat is trending number 1 WORLDWIDE! pic.twitter.com/6OitpkBcan
— Cris Tian (@cristiancofino_) January 26, 2022
The Vice President was largely lauded for her clear, honest, and eloquent answers, on various issues she was asked to comment on, including her take on the West Philippine Sea territorial dispute, the government’s COVID-19 response, rape-linked abortion cases, the proliferation of cyber pornography in the Philippines, and Duterte’s drug war.
There are also critics who gave constructive criticisms on her stances. Of course, the trolls unsurprisingly didn’t take a day off, as they are also present on the platform to do their work.
VP Leni is ready. Can’t wait for her to be our president. #LeniAngatSaLahat
— Elijah Canlas (@elijahcanlas_) January 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/imkerwinking/status/1486286129103998977
You know she didn’t spend the last how many days prepping for the interview. She was on the ground. Bumisita siya sa Jolo, sa Zamboanga City, sa Dipolog. Nasa Basilan kaninang umaga. All in the last 2 days. Totoo ang 18 hour workday.
Yan ang Pangulo.#LeniAngatSaLahat pic.twitter.com/BNnGUOnEjP— bituin escalante (@gobituin) January 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/yogawithben/status/1486363258751578122
On YouTube, the interview was unable to beat the previous record set by Bongbong Marcos’s interview, which surpassed 300,000 concurrent live viewers during its airing, a day earlier. Robredo’s interview, however, managed to gather more than 250,000 simultaneous live viewers or 50,000 short of beating Marcos. After just 10 hours since upload, Robredo’s interview garnered at least 2.5 million views.
Of course, that does not translate to votes, but it kind of gives you an idea of how tight the competition is between the two; and there are still a few months left, to flip things over
One of Robredo’s most interesting, and probably, most brow-raising statements during the interview, are the answers she provided when asked why the other four candidates (Pacquiao, Lacson, Moreno, Marcos) do not deserve the Filipinos vote.
The most controversial of those statements, of course, is the ‘…kasi sinungaling siya (Marcos) comment, which practically made the former dictator’s son’s zealous supporters go ballistic online.
Marcos’s camp also issued a statement to disprove the Vice President’s words, although netizens provided some interesting exhibits to prove otherwise.
You be the judge.
Boy: Why should we not vote for Marcos Jr?
Leni: Una, sinungaling sya.
TANDAAN, HINDI PANINIRA ANG PAGSASABI NG TOTOO. Proof: pic.twitter.com/PXpeQMaU8V
— ricci (@ricci_richy) January 26, 2022
