--- description: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debated on Sunday for their second time. title: Read the Transcript of the Second Presidential Debate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2104acd7794c0429/6988a950cf40a8e6fec45189/161009_debate_manterruptions.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 Transcript of the Second Presidential Debate by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 10, 2016 4:23 AM CUT  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton walks past Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton walks past Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.Patrick Semansky—AP by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 10, 2016 4:23 AM CUT Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debated for the second time on Sunday at Washington University in St. Louis. The moderators were CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC News’ Martha Raddatz. Read the full debate transcript below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4523325/read-the-transcript-of-the-second-presidential-debate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4523325/read-the-transcript-of-the-second-presidential-debate/"},"headline":"Read the Transcript of the Second Presidential Debate","datePublished":"2016-10-10T04:23:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:04:56.110Z","description":"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debated on Sunday for their second time.","url":"https://time.com/4523325/read-the-transcript-of-the-second-presidential-debate/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2104acd7794c0429/6988a950cf40a8e6fec45189/161009_debate_manterruptions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2104acd7794c0429/6988a950cf40a8e6fec45189/161009_debate_manterruptions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"161009_DEBATE_Manterruptions","caption":"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton walks past Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.","creditText":"Patrick Semansky—AP","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/4523325/read-the-transcript-of-the-second-presidential-debate/","name":"Read the Transcript of the Second Presidential Debate"}}]}] ```