VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-20
“When I invented the debt badge, the national debt was just over $31 trillion,”
Thomas Massie · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Massie referenced the debt badge pin he created to track the national debt in real time.
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