--- title: Democratic Debate: Read Transcript of NBC Debate description: Democratic presidential candidates met for a debate in Charleston, South Carolina. canonical: https://time.com/4183952/democratic-debate-full-text-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-18T03:20:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:09:47.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the Transcript of the Democratic Debate in Charleston og:description: Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley spar. og:url: https://time.com/4183952/democratic-debate-full-text-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27066fab868110c5/69887980cf40a862c3c41848/democratic-debate-sanders-clinton-omalley-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 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 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Transcript of the Democratic Debate in Charleston twitter:description: Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley spar. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27066fab868110c5/69887980cf40a862c3c41848/democratic-debate-sanders-clinton-omalley-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 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. 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