Claim: "President Obama and Democrats' spending addiction has driven our national debt to historic proportions, maxed out our national credit card and has now led to the Democrat Downgrade of our country's AAA credit rating."
Fact-check: Ohio GOP chairman Kevin DeWine blames Democrats for drop in credit rating
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Feran
Date published: 2011-08-12T00:00:00