‘Haters gonna hate’: A top FEMA official defends his claim that he was teleported | CNN Politics
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The top official in charge of the federal government’s disaster response has taken to social media to double down on his claim that he’s experienced “teleportation” – an experience he insists was real and connected to his religious beliefs – while also saying his remarks have been taken out of context.

Democratic Rep. Tim Kennedy described Phillips as “wildly unfit for his role as head of FEMA response and recovery,” citing “his violent statements about former President Biden” and “deeply troubling bigoted comments about immigrants.”

Kennedy added: “All of which, to me, makes him wholly disqualified to hold his position on its own — but only to be outdone by his claims of being teleported to a Waffle House.”

  • Didntdoit71@feddit.onlineEnglish
    38·
    6 days ago

    Why? Why is this nutjob even being considered? Because he’s a yes-man? This country used to have integrity and ethics…all of which got flushed after 2016. I want serious inquiry into what happened to this fucking timeline.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      22·
      6 days ago

      The worst part is he’s been described by FEMA officials as their best shot. He was brought in to destroy the organization, but upon coming in he listened to the people who worked there and has become a strong defender of the org.

      So yeah, he’s completely insane, violently unhinged, and quite possibly the most responsible person Trump has put in charge of a government agency in this administration. It’s a real shitshow

      • drcobaltjedi@programming.dev
        12·
        6 days ago

        The man that believes he has teleportation powers is the most responsible person in this admin?

        Thank god pot is legal in my state.

        • GaMEChld@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 days ago

          Well I’ve got plenty to say on it. It largely made school districts nationwide more concerned about standardized testing scores than actually teaching. Result: Teaching in Brooklyn in a bad area, administration pressured me into finding ways to inflate grades of failing students who couldn’t even copy words off the board onto paper and hand it in. But all those people probably left with high school diplomas by the end of their time in high schools.

    • greygore@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 days ago

      Spoiler alert: This country had roughly the same amount of integrity and ethics prior to 2016. The only difference is that Trump gave everyone who gave lip service to integrity and ethics permission to unmask and expose their hypocrisy. To those people, ethics was just a weapon to tie the hands of the few people who actually had strong values.