--- title: Hillary Clinton Refuses Fox News Debate With Bernie Sanders description: Hillary Clinton has declined an invitation to take part in a Fox News debate with Bernie Sanders, her campaign announced Monday canonical: https://time.com/4345841/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-fox-news-debate/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-23T23:02:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T01:12:25.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Says No Thanks to Fox News Debate With Bernie Sanders og:description: "We believe that Hillary Clinton's time is best spent campaigning and meeting directly with voters across California" og:url: https://time.com/4345841/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-fox-news-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt414adaef624bc041/6988947dcf40a8481dc435a6/hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clintion Campaign In Kentucky One Day Before State Primary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Says No Thanks to Fox News Debate With Bernie Sanders twitter:description: "We believe that Hillary Clinton's time is best spent campaigning and meeting directly with voters across California" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt414adaef624bc041/6988947dcf40a8481dc435a6/hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Says No Thanks to Fox News Debate With Bernie Sanders by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:12 AM UTCPublished: May 23, 2016 11:02 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the crowd during a campaign rally at La Gala May 16, 2016, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the crowd during a campaign rally at La Gala May 16, 2016, in Bowling Green, Kentucky.John Sommers II—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:12 AM UTCPublished: May 23, 2016 11:02 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-declines-fox-news-debate) has declined an invitation to take part in a Fox News debate with Bernie Sanders, her campaign announced Monday. “We have declined Fox News’ invitation to participate in a [debate](http://time.com/4279989/clinton-sanders-new-york-debate-schedule/) in California. As we have said previously, we plan to compete hard in the remaining primary states, particularly California, while turning our attention to the threat a Donald Trump presidency poses,” a spokesperson said in a statement, Talking Points Memo reports. [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4279989/clinton-sanders-new-york-debate-schedule/) had already agreed to participate in the debate, which would have been the fourth of four more that the Democratic candidates agreed to in February. “We believe that Hillary Clinton’s time is best spent campaigning and meeting directly with voters across California and preparing for a general election campaign that will ensure the White House remains in Democratic hands,” the spokesperson said. Fox News VP and Washington Managing Editor Bill Sammon said in a statement, “Naturally, Fox News is disappointed that Secretary Clinton has declined our debate invitation, especially given that the race is still contested and she had previously agreed to a final debate before the California primary.” \[[TPM](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-declines-fox-news-debate)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4345841/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-fox-news-debate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4345841/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-fox-news-debate/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Says No Thanks to Fox News Debate With Bernie Sanders","datePublished":"2016-05-23T23:02:41.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T01:12:25.000Z","description":"\"We believe that Hillary Clinton's time is best spent campaigning and meeting directly with voters across California\"","url":"https://time.com/4345841/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-fox-news-debate/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt414adaef624bc041/6988947dcf40a8481dc435a6/hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt414adaef624bc041/6988947dcf40a8481dc435a6/hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clintion Campaign In Kentucky One Day Before State Primary","caption":"Hillary Clintion Campaign In Kentucky One Day Before State Primary","creditText":"John Sommers II—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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4345841/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-fox-news-debate/","name":"Hillary Clinton Says No Thanks to Fox News Debate With Bernie Sanders"}}]}] ```