--- description: Here's a complete transcript. title: Read the Full Text of the Eighth Democratic Debate in Miami image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd34badd3de38ee2e/69888a6a2dce014ca09e8217/democratic-presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-election-2016-03.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 Eighth Democratic Debate in Miami by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 10, 2016 5:27 AM CUT  Democratic presidential candidates, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders participate in a debate in Kendall, Fla. on March 9, 2016. Democratic presidential candidates, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders participate in a debate in Kendall, Fla. on March 9, 2016.Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 10, 2016 5:27 AM CUT Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders met for the eighth Democratic debate in Miami Wednesday. Hosted by CNN and Univision at Miami Dade College, the debate focused on immigration issues but also touched on foreign policy, climate change and Wall Street reform. The moderators were Univision anchors María Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos and Washington _Post_ reporter Karen Tumulty. Here is a full transcript of the debate. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4253623/democratic-debate-eighth-miami-transcript-full-text/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4253623/democratic-debate-eighth-miami-transcript-full-text/"},"headline":"Read the Full Text of the Eighth Democratic Debate in Miami","datePublished":"2016-03-10T05:27:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:46:22.574Z","description":"Here's a complete transcript.","url":"https://time.com/4253623/democratic-debate-eighth-miami-transcript-full-text/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Florida","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd34badd3de38ee2e/69888a6a2dce014ca09e8217/democratic-presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-election-2016-03.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/bltd34badd3de38ee2e/69888a6a2dce014ca09e8217/democratic-presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-election-2016-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In Miami","caption":"Democratic presidential candidates, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders participate in a debate in Kendall, Fla. on March 9, 2016.","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","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/4253623/democratic-debate-eighth-miami-transcript-full-text/","name":"Read the Full Text of the Eighth Democratic Debate in Miami"}}]}] ```