“Erin Tañada didn't do a thing when he was senator except defend communists”
Rodrigo Duterte
President of the Philippines. In a speech at the Hugpong ng Pagbabago-Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod miting de avance in Davao City. Claim dated 10 May 2019.
Tsek.ph rated thisFALSE: Erin Tañada has never been elected senator
In short
Rodrigo Duterte (President of the Philippines) made this claim around 10 May 2019. Tsek.ph (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 13 May 2019, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE: Erin Tañada has never been elected senator”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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