Claim: "Under President Bush in eight years, we added $4.9 trillion to the debt. Under President Obama, we've added $5.3 trillion to the debt in the 3.5 years he's been in office."
Fact-check: Did Barack Obama accrue more debt in half the time as George Bush?
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Jake Berry
Date published: 2012-09-05T00:00:00