--- ---  # Read the Full Text of the Fourth Democratic Debate in Charleston by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:09 PM UTCPublished: Jan 18, 2016 3:20 AM UTC  Democratic U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) former Governor Martin O'Malley, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at the start of the NBC News - YouTube Democratic presidential candidates debate in Charleston, S.C., on Jan. 17, 2016. Democratic U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) former Governor Martin O'Malley, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at the start of the NBC News - YouTube Democratic presidential candidates debate in Charleston, S.C., on Jan. 17, 2016.Randall Hill—Reuters by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:09 PM UTCPublished: Jan 18, 2016 3:20 AM UTC Three candidates met for the fourth Democratic debate in Charleston, South Carolina, Sunday night. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley appeared at the debate, which was hosted by NBC News and YouTube and moderated by anchor Lester Holt. Here is a partial transcript of the debate, courtesy of NBC News. Check back later for the full transcript. --- > “” --- Democratic Debate: Read Transcript of NBC Debate ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4183952/democratic-debate-full-text-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4183952/democratic-debate-full-text-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/"},"headline":"Read the Full Text of the Fourth Democratic Debate in Charleston","datePublished":"2016-01-18T03:20:28.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:09:47.000Z","description":"Democratic presidential candidates met for a debate in Charleston, South Carolina.","url":"https://time.com/4183952/democratic-debate-full-text-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders","Flint","Martin O'malley"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27066fab868110c5/69887980cf40a862c3c41848/democratic-debate-sanders-clinton-omalley-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27066fab868110c5/69887980cf40a862c3c41848/democratic-debate-sanders-clinton-omalley-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) former Governor Martin O'Malley, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders begin to debate at the start of the NBC News - YouTube Democratic presidential candidates debate in C","caption":"Democratic U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) former Governor Martin O'Malley, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders begin to debate at the start of the NBC News - YouTube Democratic presidential candidates debate in C","creditText":"Randall Hill—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4183952/democratic-debate-full-text-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/","name":"Read the Full Text of the Fourth Democratic Debate in Charleston"}}]}] ```