--- title: Presidential Debate: Read the Final Debate Transcript description: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debated Wednesday for the last time this election. canonical: https://time.com/4535247/presidential-debate-final-transcript/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T03:48:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:15:47.225Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read a Transcript of the Final Presidential Debate og:description: The full text. og:url: https://time.com/4535247/presidential-debate-final-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52d992a394151fc/6988aacc2dce012c7c9eb1a4/161019_debate3_zazoom.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 161019_Debate3_Zazoom og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read a Transcript of the Final Presidential Debate twitter:description: The full text. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52d992a394151fc/6988aacc2dce012c7c9eb1a4/161019_debate3_zazoom.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read a Transcript of the Final Presidential Debate by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 20, 2016 3:48 AM UTC  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debates with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debates with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.Mark Ralston—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 20, 2016 3:48 AM UTC Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debated for the final time Wednesday in Las Vegas, with Fox News’ Chris Wallace moderating. Read the transcript below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4535247/presidential-debate-final-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4535247/presidential-debate-final-transcript/"},"headline":"Read a Transcript of the Final Presidential Debate","datePublished":"2016-10-20T03:48:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:15:47.225Z","description":"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debated Wednesday for the last time this election.","url":"https://time.com/4535247/presidential-debate-final-transcript/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52d992a394151fc/6988aacc2dce012c7c9eb1a4/161019_debate3_zazoom.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/bltd52d992a394151fc/6988aacc2dce012c7c9eb1a4/161019_debate3_zazoom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"161019_Debate3_Zazoom","caption":"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debates with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.","creditText":"Mark Ralston—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/4535247/presidential-debate-final-transcript/","name":"Read a Transcript of the Final Presidential Debate"}}]}] ```