Online posts have falsely claimed that presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Sen. Francis Pangilinan have used the “devil’s horn” sign during a recent campaign rally.
A post on the Facebook page “BBM-Sara Solid Supporters Uniteam” claimed that the opposition candidates flashed the devil’s sign when they made the hand signal during a sortie in Bacolod City on March 11, 2022.
While Robredo and Pangilinan indeed flashed the hand sign during the Bacolod rally, advocates and members of the deaf community clarified that it means “I love you” in the American Sign Language.
Organizers note that Robredo and Pangilinan were greeting their deaf and mute supporters of when they made the hand sign.
Similar false claims previously circulated online after Pope Francis, Cardinal Antonio Luis Tagle and other members of the Catholic Church were also seen using the same hand sign.
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