--- title: Democratic Debate: Read the Transcript of the Sixth Debate description: Here is a transcript. canonical: https://time.com/4218812/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-milwaukee-sixth/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-12T02:48:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:06:42.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the Full Text of the Sixth Democratic Debate og:description: In Milwaukee. og:url: https://time.com/4218812/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-milwaukee-sixth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86e41cba6690963c/69887d66a988ca48d56b6928/timepol-democrat-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4279 og:image:height: 2407 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Full Text of the Sixth Democratic Debate twitter:description: In Milwaukee. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86e41cba6690963c/69887d66a988ca48d56b6928/timepol-democrat-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Full Text of the Sixth Democratic Debate in Milwaukee > Sponsored content. 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Morry Gash—AP by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:06 PM UTCPublished: Feb 12, 2016 2:48 AM UTC The two Democratic presidential candidates debated for the first time since the New Hampshire primary. Former Secretary of State and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders met in Milwaukee for a debate hosted by PBS NewsHour and [moderated by anchors Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill](http://time.com/4217249/democratic-debate-women-moderators-gwen-ifill-judy-woodruff/). 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