Biden and Trump are set to debate. Here's what their past performances looked like

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84% : Trump nods to the Proud BoysIt was one of Trump's most memorable moments that didn't involve interrupting Biden.
64% : "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by," Trump said.
57% : It seemed like Trump had been waiting for Biden to use any derivation of the word "smart" to go after his intelligence.
54% : Radical left," Trump concluded.
47% : Trump said.
40% : Wallace pushed Trump to condemn white supremacists and militia groups, particularly as the Republican president spent so much of his energy denouncing so-called "Antifa" or far-left militant groups.
40% : Trump responded that he was willing to do so, but never explicitly condemned right-wing extremist groups by name.
37% : Trump interrupted.
37% : "Folks," Biden finally said, conveying his irritation to the audience, "do you have any idea what this clown's doing?"Biden: "Will you shut up, man?"One clip replayed at length from the chaos in Cleveland was Biden finally snapping at Trump: "Will you shut up, man?"It came during a discussion over progressive proposals to overhaul Senate procedural rules or the Supreme Court itself -- topics that have been tricky for an institutionalist such as Biden.
31% : Trump responded, continuing: "I don't know Beau.
30% : Then Biden pivoted back to the court and abortion rights, triggering yet another outburst from Trump that continued to irritate the Democrat (and likely Wallace, and perhaps the viewing public).
29% : When goaded by Biden to condemn the Proud Boys, one of such groups on the right, Trump seemingly did the opposite.
29% : "Biden commits to not declaring victory until the election is certified, Trump does notDuring the final moments of the first debate, Wallace asked both candidates whether they would commit to not declaring victory until the election had been independently certified, as well as urging their respective supporters to stay calm.
28% : "The point is that the president also is opposed to Roe v. Wade," Biden said of Trump.
28% : "Trump would continue to interject until Biden showed his first real sign of irritation with his opponent and said: "Donald, would you just be quiet for a minute?"But Trump didn't relent, refusing to let Wallace question him about his Obamacare replacement plan without interruptions and taunting Biden that his primary election victory over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was "not by much" and that he "just lost the left" when he distanced himself from Sanders' vision for health care.
27% : But Trump -- again -- wouldn't relent, forcing Wallace to cut the segment short and move on to a different topic.
26% : NHPR to air CNN Presidential Debate Thursday, June 27, at 9 p.m.The second and final presidential debate of 2020, held in Nashville, Tennessee, was a far more subdued event than the first, aided by a mute button and participants who were perhaps chastened by terrible reviews from the first matchup, particularly for Trump.
22% : Trump declined to do so, instead saying he would encourage his supporters to go watch the polls and musing about election fraud.
21% : Trump was forced into clean-up duty one day later, saying he did not know who the Proud Boys were and adding that "whoever they are, they have to stand down.
18% : Trump demanded as Biden tried to make a case directly to the audience.
18% : "Trump then claimed that Hunter Biden was dishonorably discharged, which Biden quickly refuted.
14% : Trump muttered that Biden didn't want to answer the question.
14% : So when Biden warned that more Americans would die from COVID-19 unless the president got smarter in his handling of the pandemic, Trump pounced.
14% : "Trump swung back hard, taking aim at Biden's younger son, Hunter, instead.
11% : ""The way you talk about the military, the way you talk about them being losers and being, and, and, and just being suckers," Biden said to Trump.
4% : Biden lamented how unproductive the discussion was.Trump insults Biden's intelligenceThe Republican also didn't hesitate to get personal, from attacking Biden's sole living son, Hunter, to mocking the Democrat's academic credentials.

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