Resurfaced comments made by Gregg Phillips, the head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, have sparked concern about the new leader’s competency and mental state.
Phillips, a conservative activist who spread voter fraud conspiracies, was appointed to lead the federal government’s storm disaster response under the Department of Homeland Security in December. Previously, he oddly claimed that he involuntarily teleported to a Waffle House in Georgia that was 50 miles away.
“Teleporting is no fun,” Phillips said on one podcast last year. “It was real.”
During the bizarre exchange, Phillips explained, “I was with my boys one time and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House. And I ended up at a Waffle House – this was in Georgia and I end up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was.
“And they said, ‘where are you?’ and I said, ‘A Waffle House.’ And ‘a Waffle House where?’ And I said, ‘Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.’ And they said, ‘That’s not possible, you just left here a moment ago.’ But it was possible. It was real.
“Teleporting is no fun. It’s no fun because you don’t really know what you’re doing,” he continued. “You don’t really understand it, it’s scary, but yet um – but so real. And you know it’s happening but you can’t do anything about it, and so you just go, you just go with the ride. And wow, what just an incredible adventure it all was.”
He also previously launched a harsh attack on former President Joe Biden, whom Phillips claimed “deserves to die.”
