Thread by @KenAbante

1/ For @lenirobredo to win in the 2022 elections, I propose we all make a #KakampinkyPromise to talk to 20 people to flip from Bongbong to Leni in the next 100 days. Convince 1 person every 5 days.

Leni has a 20% rating (SWS). 13 million of 67 million voters can campaign for her

2/ Even if just 1 million of us 13 million voters do this, we will win.

We will outmobilize Mr. Marcos, the absentee candidate, with time to spare.

Kayang-kaya ito. But we need to do it with love, care, and empathy.

The key principle is: ang tao ay tao, hindi lang boto.

3/ Start by asking people what their dreams are for the country, what connects us, what makes us Filipino despite our differences.

In my experience this means making sure our loved ones live a good life. I talk about my loved ones, esp the women + health care workers in my life.

4/ I ask why they currently prefer Mr. Marcos. They will likely talk about the "golden age", "infrastructure", "unity", the desire na "babangon muli", how Mr. Marcos will continue Mr. Duterte's policies which they like.

Understand where they are coming from. This is radical love

5/ Do not think you are "better" or more enlightened than them.

Hubris is persuasion's worst enemy.

Walang lugar ang yabang sa radikal na pagmamahal.

Ask why they support Mr. Marcos. Ask not to rebut, but to truly understand.

6/ Give the other person a safe space to share. Only when you understand the values that underpin their support of Mr. Marcos can you start the long journey of persuasion.

It will take time. Be patient. But it'll be worth it since our loved ones' lives are on the ballot.

7/ It is a relationship of trust you are trying to build. The other person does NOT owe you anything.

Even if they do not change their vote, love and care for the other person anyway.

Dahil tao siya, hindi lang boto. At likas siyang kamahal-mahal. Ito ang radikal na pagmamahal.

8/ The key insight of organizers I've talked to is this:

Many Marcos supporters are not hardcore supporters. They are soft voters. They can be persuaded. But their language is different.

Radical love means we start from where they are and respect them.

9/ The Marcos campaign is built on toxic positivity and unity based on lies.

Their evasive but disciplined campaign does strike an emotional chord, but many voters will be left with loosely held convictions.

With support, voters can spot these lies and open up to alternatives.

10/ So we go back to the values that connect us as Filipinos.

I talk about my loved ones and family members in the province who are health care workers, whom VP @lenirobredo supported by giving PPEs since the start of the pandemic, despite her office's meager budget.

11/ VP @lenirobredo helped us scale prevention, testing, monitoring, and vaccination programs, allowing us to manage three surges.

She CARES SO MUCH that SHE HERSELF joined our meetings to share lessons from Swab Cab, Bayanihan E-Konsulta, VaxExpress & KoLab prevention programs.

12/ During an emergency when my dad, a senior citizen who needed surgery, was exposed to the virus, VP @lenirobredo pointed us to affordable testing.

VP Leni's help never reeked of patronage. She never made us feel we owe her. Tumutulong siya dahil trabaho ito ng lingkodbayan.

13/ When our people's coalitions in budget and transport reached out to presidential aspirants, VP @lenirobredo was the first to listen.

She will prioritize our P5T budget for better health, transport, green open spaces, auyda, jobs, education - what frontliners say are impt.

14/ VP @lenirobredo is my president because she helped save my loved ones' lives. She knows how to protect them.

And my loved ones, esp the health care workers, support VP Leni.

My loved ones deserve a leader w unquestionable integrity and competence. Di mambubudol o magnanakaw

15/ The best case is we do not need to even talk about Mr. Marcos, faced with the overwhelmingly better choice in VP @lenirobredo.

But if we do, we can contrast VP Leni's record with the greatest weaknesses of the Marcos campaign: #BabackoutMuli #MarcosMagnanakaw #ImpuniTeam

16/ One voter initially supported Mr. Marcos bec this was the conventional wisdom in their circles.

What made them flip was a trusted friend talking about their experience with VP Leni + VP's record.

As the voter did more research, they became more avid supporters of VP Leni.

17/ Our greatest strengths in the Robredo campaign are:

(a) We have a candidate who is "as easy to sell as Chickenjoy", to paraphrase the late Sec @Jimenez_Mon's view of the Philippines.

(b) We have the overflowing energy of a people's campaign: unpaid, organic, electric

18/ We the people will make @lenirobredo our president!

I invite everyone to make a #KakampinkyPromise to convince 20 Bongbong voters to flip to Leni till May.

Convince 1 voter every 5 days.

Live the principle: ang tao ay tao, hindi lang boto. Ito ang radikal na pagmamahal.

19/ This May, the last man standing will be a woman.

Leni Robredo will be our president!