--- title: Democratic Debate: Bernie Sanders Heated Moment description: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders got testy with front-runner Hillary Clinton at Thursday's Democratic debate. canonical: https://time.com/4249193/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-excuse-me-talking/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-07T03:41:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:49:36.061Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Most Heated Moment at the Democratic Debate og:description: Vermont Sen. 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As the presidential primary has gone on, debates between Sanders and Clinton have gotten increasingly prickly, with the Vermont Senator often casting side-eye or waving his hands at her remarks—moments that some Clinton supporters saw as derogatory or even sexist, while others thought just showed poor manners. > [](https://twitter.com/1978BABY/status/706661969479086080) > [](https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/706652650243280896) > [](https://twitter.com/Dawn%5FRitchie/status/706673744564129794) This response wasn’t the only time during the night when Sanders raised his voice to Clinton after an interruption—he shouted “Can I finish, please?” during a later exchange between the two on gun control. ## Transcript If you are talking about the Wall Street bailout, where some of your friend destroyed this economy- You know. Excuse me, I'm talking. Let him finish. [ APPLAUSE ] If you're gonna talk, tell the whole story Senator Sanders. Let me tell my story, you tell yours. 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