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11 October
5:10 pm

The day I was born, this nation's debt was less than one trillion dollars. And today, as we stand here, our debt is over forty trillion dollars.

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Annie Andrews, at South Carolina U.S. Senate General Election Debate (SCETV)

5:10 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figures about the U.S. national debt — both at the time of her birth and currently — are verifiable against historical Treasury records.
What we foundThe claim is directionally consistent with the historical record: the U.S. debt crossed $1 trillion in late October 1981, and Andrews was born in 1981 (or possibly 1980), meaning the debt was almost certainly below $1 trillion on her birth date; the $40 trillion figure is confirmed by multiple authoritative sources as of 2026.
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