Biden recounts harrowing incident with gang leader named 'Corn Pop' I found this short Biden recollection pretty funny. "Corn Pop"! LMAO! Biden recounts harrowing incident with gang leader named 'Corn Pop' A Twitter thread from the Root senior writer Michael Harriot renewed interest and skepticism about a story Joe Biden told, in which the former vice president claimed to have stood up to a local gang leader at a swimming pool in 1962. Biden has regaled audiences with parts of the story several times, which he claims took place when he was a lifeguard at a predominantly black pool in Wilmington, Delaware. He remembers how when he kicked a local gang leader named "Corn Pop" out of the pool for violating the rules, Biden was warned that Corn Pop was going to be waiting for him after work with a switchblade. Biden said he prepared himself by wrapping a metal chain around his arm. Corn Pop was waiting by Biden's car "with three guys and straight razors. Not a joke.” “And I looked at him, but I was smart then, I said first of all, I said when I tell you to get off the board you get off the board, and I’ll kick you out again, but I shouldn’t have called you Esther Williams, I apologize for that," Biden said, revealing Corn Pop was stunned by the apology and decided to not attack him. Harriot was skeptical of Biden's reason he became a lifeguard at a predominantly black pool, as well as the idea that a gang leader would respond graciously to an apology. michaelharriot ✔ @michaelharriot · Sep 14, 2019 Replying to @michaelharriot Thread: I'm always astounded by the imaginings of white people as it relates to race. Many of them have this fictionalized jigaboo version that is almost alien-like. And one of the greatest examples of this ever is Joe Biden's story about  Corn Pop the gangsta. Now it has already been demonstrably proven that Biden will make stuff up. But any black person who hears this story will automatically give you the side-eye and  says: "nigga please."  It begins when Biden was working as a lifeguard at a pool. Now Biden is like, 176 years old, but he's still in pretty good shape. This supposedly happened in the summer of 1962. Biden says that, instead of hanging out all summer, he decided to take a job working as a lifeguard at a black pool. So, that summer, Biden was the only white lifeguard at Prices Run swimming pool in Brown-Burton Winchester Park. He says he did it—y'all, I SWEAR this is true—"in hopes of learning more about the black community."  Yes, that's an actual quote. michaelharriot https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1172905000877658112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1172905000877658112&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fbiden-recounts-harrowing-incident-with-gang-leader-named-corn-pop https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-recounts-harrowing-incident-with-gang-leader-named-corn-pop BONUS PICTURE - https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_26/2052811/170626-joe-biden-swiming-pool-se-528p_dce7c3fda086923f13d17dcfc7d1ac08.1200;630;7;70;5.jpg