--- description: Here is the full text of the debate. title: Read the Full Text of the Seventh Democratic Debate in Flint image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt645fbfeebf2700ce/69888070f887dcc261e94ec4/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-debate-flint-michigan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Debates](/tag/debates/) ## Debates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the Full Text of the Seventh Democratic Debate in Flint by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:01 PM CUTPublished: Mar 7, 2016 2:39 AM CUT  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders stand stage before a Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Michigan-Flint in Flint, Mich. on March 6, 2016. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders stand stage before a Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Michigan-Flint in Flint, Mich. on March 6, 2016.Charlie Neibergall—AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:01 PM CUTPublished: Mar 7, 2016 2:39 AM CUT Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders met for their seventh debate Sunday. Hosted by CNN at the University of Michigan in Flint, the debate touched on the city’s water crisis, gun control, education and other issues. The moderators were CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon. Here is a full transcript. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4249183/democratic-debate-flint-full-text-transcript-seventh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4249183/democratic-debate-flint-full-text-transcript-seventh/"},"headline":"Read the Full Text of the Seventh Democratic Debate in Flint","datePublished":"2016-03-07T02:39:27.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:01:24.000Z","description":"Here's a transcript","url":"https://time.com/4249183/democratic-debate-flint-full-text-transcript-seventh/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders","Flint"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt645fbfeebf2700ce/69888070f887dcc261e94ec4/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-debate-flint-michigan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt645fbfeebf2700ce/69888070f887dcc261e94ec4/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-debate-flint-michigan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton","caption":"Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders stand stage before a Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Michigan-Flint in Flint, Mich. on March 6, 2016.","creditText":"Charlie Neibergall—AP","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/4249183/democratic-debate-flint-full-text-transcript-seventh/","name":"Read the Full Text of the Seventh Democratic Debate in Flint"}}]}] ```