--- title: Democratic Debate: Full Text of the Ninth Democratic Debate description: The two Democratic presidential candidates met for their ninth debate in Brooklyn Thursday. canonical: https://time.com/4295548/democratic-debate-ninth-brooklyn-transcript-full-text/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-15T03:48:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:46:44.264Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read a Transcript of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn og:description: Here is the full text. og:url: https://time.com/4295548/democratic-debate-ninth-brooklyn-transcript-full-text/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc49a35bcd5b6a49/69888f40cd1bba377c700449/timepol_democratic_debate_clinton_sanders_b.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Democratic Debate clinton sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read a Transcript of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn twitter:description: Here is the full text. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc49a35bcd5b6a49/69888f40cd1bba377c700449/timepol_democratic_debate_clinton_sanders_b.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Full Text of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Apr 15, 2016 3:48 AM UTC  Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders speak simultaneously during a Democratic debate hosted by CNN and New York One at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York April 14, 2016. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders speak simultaneously during a Democratic debate hosted by CNN and New York One at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York April 14, 2016.Lucas Jackson—Reuters by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Apr 15, 2016 3:48 AM UTC The two Democratic presidential candidates met for their ninth debate in Brooklyn Thursday. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton squared off against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at a debate hosted by CNN at the Brooklyn Navy Hard’s Duggal Greenhouse. The moderators were CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, chief political correspondent Dana Bash and NY1 host Errol Louis. Here is a full transcript of the debate. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4295548/democratic-debate-ninth-brooklyn-transcript-full-text/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4295548/democratic-debate-ninth-brooklyn-transcript-full-text/"},"headline":"Read the Full Text of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn","datePublished":"2016-04-15T03:48:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:46:44.264Z","description":"The two Democratic presidential candidates met for their ninth debate in Brooklyn Thursday.","url":"https://time.com/4295548/democratic-debate-ninth-brooklyn-transcript-full-text/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","New York","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc49a35bcd5b6a49/69888f40cd1bba377c700449/timepol_democratic_debate_clinton_sanders_b.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/bltbc49a35bcd5b6a49/69888f40cd1bba377c700449/timepol_democratic_debate_clinton_sanders_b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL Democratic Debate clinton sanders","caption":"TIMEPOL Democratic Debate clinton sanders","creditText":"Lucas Jackson—Reuters","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/4295548/democratic-debate-ninth-brooklyn-transcript-full-text/","name":"Read the Full Text of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn"}}]}] ```