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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.”

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[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 hours ago

In my day, we just called that a bender

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

“I was with my boys one time and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House. 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,” Phillips said in a January 2025 podcast episode.

Columbo

One quick question... was your car teleported to the Waffle House parking lot?

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, aliens teleported him and his car to waffle house and the bastards also injected him full of Jack Daniels in order to cover up the truth.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Not to speak of the lizard-woman dressed as a hooker blowing alien white powder straight up his nose

[–] Generica@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, yes. I believe it was in the Book Of John that Jesus teleported from Jerusalem to a Waffle House in West Virginia. One of the holiest of days 🙏

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Let he who has not been teleported to a Waffle House throw the first stone. Did you know most people at a Waffle house at 3am cannot tell you exactly how they got there? Coincidence or Conspiracy? Chug this handle of Goldschläger(teleport fuel) and we shall conduct an experiment!

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 130 points 10 hours ago (7 children)

Man gets blackout drunk and drives to Waffle House.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago

Everyone has a bad alchohol (or something) expirence, its obvious to everyone that something like that happened and his brain (while on drugs) skipped a track. The emberassing part is that he insists on the sci-fi explanation, rather than the much more mundane normal waffle house expirence.

Under any other administration we would be like "The head of FEMA used to be a party animal, funny", but now its just more on the pile of unqualified BS, the issue is that this guy runs the dept that helps people on the worst days of their lives.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 30 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Hey, hey, we can’t assume it was alcohol.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 17 points 9 hours ago

There's nothing quite like a ten minute drive in a k-hole

[–] lath@piefed.social 5 points 9 hours ago

Carbon monoxide then.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 26 points 9 hours ago

Its how everyone see this happening.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I guess we all "teleport" to Waffle House from time to time.

What's the fuel for your teleportation device, plutonium? Nah, most of the time it's schnapps.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's better than getting blackout drunk and driving your car into a pond, killing your passenger, like that other Kennedy....

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sure but if he can't remember getting there he might have killed someone along the way or is conveniently forgetting thinking this is an ironclad alibi.

Don't drive intoxicated folks. It can ruin the lives. Just ask Tiger Woods.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Nobody should drive intoxicated, but rich people have even less of an excuse. Tiger Woods can afford a cab.

[–] Didntdoit71@feddit.online 34 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] greygore@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour 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.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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 7 points 5 hours 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 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No Child Left Behind probably destroyed us.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

There are a lot of straws on this particular camel

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago

His brain got stuck while buffering

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Yes yes yes, that exact thing happened to me too, just before I was committed.