--- title: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Agree to California Debate description: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed to debate each other before the California primary but it remains to be seen whether it will happen canonical: https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-26T11:33:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T09:14:25.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Agree to California Debate og:description: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed to debate each other before the California primary but it remains to be seen whether it will happen og:url: https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: donald trump jimmy kimmel bernie sanders debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Agree to California Debate twitter:description: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed to debate each other before the California primary but it remains to be seen whether it will happen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump and Sanders Say They'll Debate Each Other > Sponsored content. 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Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, said on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ that he would debate the underdog in the Democratic race so long as the debate’s proceeds were donated to charity. Sanders replied shortly after on Twitter agreeing to the idea. > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/735689625407131648) Whether such an unorthodox debate will actually happen remains an open question. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton had previously declined Sanders’ request for a debate in the state, and Trump may not have been serious. > [](https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/735830924164620288) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/"},"headline":"Trump and Sanders Say They'll Debate Each Other","datePublished":"2016-05-26T11:33:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T09:14:25.000Z","description":"But it's unclear whether it will actually happen","url":"https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald trump jimmy kimmel bernie sanders debate","caption":"donald trump jimmy kimmel bernie sanders debate","creditText":"Randy Holmes—ABC via 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/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/","name":"Trump and Sanders Say They'll Debate Each Other"}}]}] ```