Former Ifugao lone district Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr. clarified on Sunday, Dec. 4 that his apology via Twitter on the red onions issue was also meant for Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos.
"Kasama na siya doon of course (That apology was also meant for him, of course)," Baguilat said, referring to a tweet last Nov. 26.
"Victim din siya ng misinformation (He was also a victim of misinformation) so I apologized to everyone and hoped that it would be a learning exercise for us," the Liberal Party (LP) stalwart said.
He added: "Better to educate people about values including being accountable to what one posts. Let’s apologize to everyone including the congressman."
Last week, Baguilat shared on Twitter a "quote card" from Marcos wherein the latter supposedly made an insensitive remark on how Filipinos should cope with high prices of red onions. Marcos called out the ex-solon's tweet and said that the quote card was based on fake news.
Realizing his error, Baguilat took down the particular tweet and wrote this apology: "Sorry I have to be more cautious sa fake news. I think the quote attributed to Cong Sandro that I commented is not true. I apologize. My bad."
He, however, didn't tag the presidential son, leading some to think--including Marcos--that the apology was only for the LP member's Twitter followers.
Looking back, Baguilat admitted that he should've tagged Marcos, not just on the apology post, but on the quote card post.
"Oo nga e. I should have done that nung first tweet pa (You're right. I should have done that even on the first tweet)," Baguilat said when asked about his decision not to tag the Ilocano.
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"Inaaral pa how to be better at engaging in soc med (I'm still learning how to be better at engaging in soc med). I don’t want naman to pander to critics' comments. I think the public apology is good already," he noted.
"While we Liberals have been targetted in many disinformation drives, anyone can be a victim of disinformation and fake news," he further said.
Marcos, 28, is a senior deputy majority leader in the House of Representatives.