US EditionFEMA Official Says He’s Teleported Several Times, Including to Waffle House
CNN says Gregg Phillips has repeated the claim on several podcasts and social media, despite skepticism from Waffle House workers and physics experts.
- On Saturday, FEMA associate administrator Gregg Phillips reaffirmed his podcast claims on Truth Social that he was involuntarily "teleported" 50 miles to a Waffle House, defending the accounts after CNN's report.
- Appointed in December 2025 without emergency-management experience, Phillips previously gained prominence promoting debunked 2020 election-fraud claims and using violent rhetoric, including calling for former President Joe Biden's death in podcast appearances.
- CNN's KFile reporting detailed Phillips' January 2025 claims describing being "lifted up" and transported 40 miles to a ditch near Albany, Georgia, with Phillips insisting these "incredible adventure" experiences were real despite expert ridicule.
- Last week, the House Homeland Security Committee postponed Phillips' scheduled testimony as lawmakers labeled him "wildly unfit" to lead FEMA's Office of Response and Recovery, citing violent statements and teleportation claims.
- FEMA officials downplayed the remarks as "personal, informal" discussions made during cancer treatment, yet critics warn his bizarre claims and lack of disaster-management expertise threaten the agency's ability to coordinate critical response operations.
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Trump Administration Official Claims He Was Teleported to Waffle House in Georgia: ‘It Was Scary’
A member of President Donald Trump’s administration claims he was “teleported” to a Waffle House in Rome, Georgia, against his will. “I was with my boys one time, and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House,” Gregg Phillips, a far-right conspiracy theorist who now serves as a high-ranking US Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) official, claimed in a January 2025 episode of the “Onward” podcast, hosted by fellow rig…
An American top official claims that he has been teleported to a restaurant against his will. Employees there wonder, the official refers to God. The man has also noticed elsewhere.
FEMA official mocked over Waffle House teleportation claim | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
ROME, Ga. >>Shastoni Burge has worked for a decade as a Waffle House server in Rome, Georgia, much of it on the night shift. She said she was once punched in the face by a customer. She saw someone overdose in the bathroom. One night, a man took all the steak knives and threatened the staff with them.
FEMA official claims divine Waffle House teleportation, somehow keeps job
The man in charge of coordinating federal disaster response says he was once mysteriously transported by God to a Waffle House in Georgia. A claim that, incredibly, is not disqualifying in an administration that seems to treat basic reality as optional. — Read the rest The post FEMA official claims divine Waffle House teleportation, somehow keeps job appeared first on Boing Boing.
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