Claim: Says the national debt and President Barack Obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history."
Fact-check: Rick Perry says national debt, Obama's refusal to control spending led to credit rating downgrade
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Meghan Ashford-Grooms
Date published: 2011-08-30T00:00:00