CNN(@CNN):Responding to a voter concerned about the national debt, which topped $40 trillion in August, Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico called it a "moral emergency." He suggested the deficit can be reduced by "closing the billionaire tax loopholes," citing President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful, Bill" and ending the "disastrous war in Iran." Stream the CNN & Jubilee Town Hall with James Talarico now on CNN with an All Access subscription.

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Responding to a voter concerned about the national debt, which topped $40 trillion in August, Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico called it a "moral emergency." He suggested the deficit can be reduced by "closing the billionaire tax loopholes," citing President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful, Bill" and ending the "disastrous war in Iran." Stream the CNN & Jubilee Town Hall with James Talarico now on CNN with an All Access subscription.