--- title: Democratic Debate: Read the Transcript of the Sixth Debate description: Here is a transcript. canonical: https://time.com/4218812/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-milwaukee-sixth/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-12T02:48:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:06:42.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the Full Text of the Sixth Democratic Debate og:description: In Milwaukee. og:url: https://time.com/4218812/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-milwaukee-sixth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86e41cba6690963c/69887d66a988ca48d56b6928/timepol-democrat-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Full Text of the Sixth Democratic Debate twitter:description: In Milwaukee. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86e41cba6690963c/69887d66a988ca48d56b6928/timepol-democrat-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Full Text of the Sixth Democratic Debate in Milwaukee by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:06 PM UTCPublished: Feb 12, 2016 2:48 AM UTC  Democratic. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on stage at a debate in Milwaukee on Feb. 11, 2016. Democratic. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on stage at a debate in Milwaukee on Feb. 11, 2016.Morry Gash—AP by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:06 PM UTCPublished: Feb 12, 2016 2:48 AM UTC The two Democratic presidential candidates debated for the first time since the New Hampshire primary. Former Secretary of State and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders met in Milwaukee for a debate hosted by PBS NewsHour and [moderated by anchors Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill](http://time.com/4217249/democratic-debate-women-moderators-gwen-ifill-judy-woodruff/). Here is a full transcript of the debate. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4218812/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-milwaukee-sixth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4218812/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-milwaukee-sixth/"},"headline":"Read the Full Text of the Sixth Democratic Debate in Milwaukee","datePublished":"2016-02-12T02:48:43.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:06:42.000Z","description":"Here is a transcript.","url":"https://time.com/4218812/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-milwaukee-sixth/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders","Flint","Debates"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86e41cba6690963c/69887d66a988ca48d56b6928/timepol-democrat-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-05.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/blt86e41cba6690963c/69887d66a988ca48d56b6928/timepol-democrat-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton","caption":"Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton","creditText":"Morry Gash—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":"https://time.com/4218812/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-milwaukee-sixth/","name":"Read the Full Text of the Sixth Democratic Debate in Milwaukee"}}]}] ```