“President-elect Biden steps down as president-elect.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 January 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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