National debt hits $19.5 trillion

The Washington Examiner reports:

The national debt hit $19.5 trillion for the first time ever this week, a little more than seven months after it hit the $19 trillion mark.

The debt clocked in at $19.51 trillion at the end of Wednesday, the Treasury Department reported Thursday afternoon. Precise debt figures on any given day are released on the following business day.

The national debt hit $19 trillion for the first time ever on Jan. 29.

I'm so old, I remember when Obama said increasing the national debt is unpatriotic: you know like in the video down below.