Overview
- Gregg Phillips, who oversees FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, doubled down on his teleportation claims and alleged on Wednesday that Truth Social deleted his replies to coverage, tagging CEO Devin Nunes in complaints.
- Phillips cast the episodes as part of a spiritual journey during cancer treatment, cited biblical stories, and said critics took his remarks out of context, adding that one incident ended near a church and another at a Waffle House about 50 miles away.
- He was removed last week from a House Homeland Security Committee witness list, as Rep. Bennie Thompson and Rep. Tim Kennedy said his past violent rhetoric and other statements raised serious concerns about his role.
- FEMA responded to the uproar by calling it “so silly it’s barely worth acknowledging” and said many cited comments were informal and spiritual in nature, while stressing that the agency remains focused on emergency management.
- Reporting highlights Phillips’ history promoting election‑fraud claims and his limited formal disaster‑management background, which heightens scrutiny because his post coordinates search and rescue, infrastructure repair, and large federal aid after storms and fires.