A top FEMA official who had drawn scrutiny for bizarre past remarks — including claiming he teleported to a Waffle House — has been pushed out of the agency, four sources tell CNN.
White House officials installed Gregg Phillips at FEMA in December, despite his history of promoting election conspiracy theories, particularly in the aftermath of the 2020 election. He came under national scrutiny in March after CNN reported on a cache of outlandish comments from his appearances on right-wing podcasts, including the teleportation claim.
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deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 27 pts · 61d
One blackout alcoholic is gone, but Kegsbreath remains.
vegeta@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 61d
Correction: "has been
pushedteleported out of the agency, four sources tell CNNchahn.chris@piefed.social · 18 pts · 61d
So we ousted our only official with super powers? Idiots.
grue@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 61d
First of all...
You mean because of, not "despite."
Second, it's almost kind of a shame, because (at least so I'd heard) once he got into the job he realized FEMA actually wasn't a scam and started trying to run it well. Probably the real reason he got ousted.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 61d
Wow, that's almost 18 Scaramuccis.
jim_v@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 61d
Scaramucci, Scaramucci, can you do the fandango?
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 61d
"White House officials installed Gregg Phillips at FEMA in December,
despitebecause of his history of promoting election conspiracy theories..."FTFY