Claim: Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
Fact-check: Obama has added more to national debt than the previous 43 presidents combined, chain e-mail states
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2012-05-04T00:00:00