CNN anchor Jake Tapper appeared stunned after reporting surfaced that the Trump administration official now leading federal disaster response has claimed he once involuntarily teleported to a Waffle House.
Gregg Phillips, the man President Donald Trump put in charge of overseeing FEMA disaster response, made the remarks on multiple podcasts, according to CNN’s KFILE.
“Teleporting is no fun,” Phillips said during a podcast appearance flagged by the network. “It’s no fun because you don’t really know what you’re doing.” The FEMA official also claimed his car was once lifted off the ground and carried roughly 40 miles before being dropped near a church.
“No, that's not an actor from a low-budget sci-fi movie talking about being teleported to a ditch,” an astonished Tapper told viewers Friday. “Those comments come from the man who’s now in charge of leading FEMA’s disaster recovery and response across the United States."
Reacting on air, Tapper raised concerns about the high-level appointment.
“So again, this individual is in charge of the disaster relief response for hundreds of millions of Americans – and he thinks he can teleport to a Waffle House in Rome, Georgia,” the CNN host added.
A FEMA spokesperson dismissed scrutiny of the remarks in a response to CNN, calling the reporting “so silly it’s barely worth acknowledging.”
