--- title: Democratic Debate: Full Text of the Ninth Democratic Debate description: The two Democratic presidential candidates met for their ninth debate in Brooklyn Thursday. canonical: https://time.com/4295548/democratic-debate-ninth-brooklyn-transcript-full-text/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-15T03:48:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:14.623Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read a Transcript of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn og:description: Here is the full text. og:url: https://time.com/4295548/democratic-debate-ninth-brooklyn-transcript-full-text/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc49a35bcd5b6a49/69888f40cd1bba377c700449/timepol_democratic_debate_clinton_sanders_b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Democratic Debate clinton sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read a Transcript of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn twitter:description: Here is the full text. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc49a35bcd5b6a49/69888f40cd1bba377c700449/timepol_democratic_debate_clinton_sanders_b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Full Text of the Ninth Democratic Debate in Brooklyn > Sponsored content. 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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton squared off against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at a debate hosted by CNN at the Brooklyn Navy Hard’s Duggal Greenhouse. The moderators were CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, chief political correspondent Dana Bash and NY1 host Errol Louis. 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