Overview
- Gregg Phillips, who runs FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, has repeated that he experienced “teleportation” and framed it as a religious event during cancer treatment.
- Interviews at the three Waffle Houses in Rome, Georgia, turned up no memory of him, a finding that resonates because FEMA informally uses a “Waffle House Index” to gauge storm damage.
- Phillips wrote on Truth Social that the word “teleportation” was not his and that he spoke while heavily medicated, calling the experience a miracle.
- FEMA said media coverage took his comments out of context and stressed that the agency is focused on its emergency mission.
- Lawmakers questioned his fitness for the role, and House Homeland Security removed him from a planned appearance as scrutiny of FEMA leadership continues.