“Church bells rang in Paris and fireworks were set off in London to celebrate Joe Biden’s presidential win.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 8 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The church bells were not related to the U.S. presidential race. Fireworks had been going off in London for several days in celebration of the British holiday Guy Fawkes Day on Nov. 5.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 November 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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