Posted on 03/20/2026 6:46:11 PM PDT by Mariner
President Donald Trump’s top official overseeing disaster response insists he was once teleported to a Georgia Waffle House.
Gregg Phillips, appointed in December to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Office of Response and Recovery, made the claim during a January 2025 episode of the podcast Onward, CNN reported on Friday in a deep-dive profile of the top official.
“Teleporting is no fun,” Phillips said on the podcast, co-hosted by conservative activist Catherine Engelbrecht. “It was real.”
Phillips, a longtime conservative activist who repeatedly shared conspiracy theories on social media before being appointed to a top FEMA position, described an incident in which he said he teleported miles across Georgia.
“I was with my boys one time, and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House,” he said. “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.”
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And a dog and a train.😁
Sounds like he’s already been to the Waffle House to many times.
It’s the syrup Jim
I don’t know the guy’s work record. He can believe what he wants, but to publicly say what he did shows poor judgement.
Sure this guy wasn’t a Brownie hire.
“That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.”
I bet this started as an alibi to his wife.
He might be a step up from Bondi. LOL
I am pretty tolerant of people’s comments as long as they don’t damage my life, liberty or property.
Indeed, on FR where we are largely of similar mindsets, there are wide ranges of beliefs. Heck, the Religion forum may have the record for the most food fights.
But he’s not uttering a belief. He’s making a Statement of Fact which, frankly, is insane.
There is a massive canyon between “ 3 million illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election” and “I wuz teleported.”
“...and I end up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was.”
He left out the part about how much alcohol he consumed prior to that.
Every drunk in Atlanta is “teleported” into a Waffle House after a late Saturday night imbibing massive quantities of adult beverages at a local saloon.
I was once. Got me some grits. Back in the day when they used to be really good.
FIGHT
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Cheers from one drunkard to another.... it’s amazing where we wake up sometimes... loads of fun. Luckily, I never hurt anyone in my drinking days. Never ended up in jail either, but only because I never go caught.....
Waffle House though. I would have seriously messed up if I ended up at a Waffle House.
Yeah.... but to wake up in a Waffle House. That was one serious hangover..... I’ve been drunk enough for several lifetime... But Waffle House.... At least I never passed out on MLK BLVD.....
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Whoever said that has never been to Washington DC.
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