FACT-CHECK: Rodrigo Duterte did not spark the largest rally in the NetherlandsRodrigo Duterte did not spark the largest rally in the Netherlands

CLAIM: Ex-president Duterte’s arrest sparked the largest rally in the Netherlands.

RATING: FALSE

A video has circulated on TikTok, falsely claiming that ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest has sparked the largest rally in the Netherlands.

The clip shows a crowd allegedly gathered at The Hague during Vice President Sara Duterte’s meet-and-greet with Duterte supporters, held two days before the video was posted.

A speaker at the rally declared: “In the hundreds of rallies that I have done, we have never ever had a rally as large as this.”

The original footage however was not from a pro-Duterte protest.

It was from an anti-oligarchy rally in Denver, Colorado led by United States congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders, which gathered more than 34,000 supporters.

Sanders was the speaker in the footage.

Photos from Vice President Duterte’s Facebook page paint a different picture of the actual rally. Duterte supporters were shown waving Philippine flags, which was absent in the TikTok clip.

The vice president’s Facebook page and Office of the Vice President website have also not released any official numbers of the rally.

As of posting time, the clip has drawn more than 83,700 reactions and 1,808 shares. Lance Isaac Reamon

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