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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    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.

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      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.

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      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

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        The man that believes he has teleportation powers is the most responsible person in this admin?

        Thank god pot is legal in my state.