Claim: Says recent polls show Americans agree with Republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending.
Fact-check: Josh Treviño says polls show Americans believe the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2011-07-16T00:00:00