KAKISTOCRACY (noun) — Government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
In Their Own Words

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A searchable collection of documented public statements from people covered by the Kakistocracy Files.

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5728 quotes
“The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal or crazy.”
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders
February 7, 2023   •   Republican response to the State of the Union.
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“We'll see if we end up there.”
— Brendan Carr
November 1, 2024   •   Carr discussing whether a future FCC majority might pursue action against broadcasters.
Fox News interview
“President Trump stands with those brave men and women.”
— Steve Scalise
August 24, 2020   •   Scalise praising Trump's support for law enforcement.
Republican National Convention
“They come after us viciously.”
— Eric Trump
June 6, 2017   •   Eric describing political and media scrutiny of the Trump family.
Fox News — Hannity
“I don’t like marijuana and I hate its effects on the human body.”
— Mo Brooks
June 28, 2017   •   Brooks discussing marijuana policy.
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“This committee's efforts on these important matters will continue.”
— Chuck Grassley
May 13, 2026   •   Grassley promising continued Senate Judiciary Committee oversight of online child safety.
Senate Judiciary Committee
“Eventually we're not going to own America.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick warning about foreign ownership of U.S. assets while discussing persistent trade deficits.
CBS — Face the Nation
“Ensuring regulatory certainty.”
— Doug Burgum
March 28, 2025   •   Burgum discussing policies intended to encourage energy investment.
U.S. Department of the Interior
“Trump moves fast.”
— Jesse Watters
October 3, 2026   •   Watters discussing the pace of policy changes during Trump's second administration.
Jesse Watters Primetime
“I believe in the resurrection, but dead people voting? I don't think so.”
— Jeanine Pirro
November 14, 2020   •   Pirro was discussing allegations of votes being cast in the names of deceased people. Claims of widespread deceased-person voting sufficient to affect the 2020 outcome were not substantiated.
Fox News — Justice with Judge Jeanine
“The DOJ is supposed to help our country and protect us.”
— Alina Habba
September 6, 2024   •   Habba criticizing what she characterized as politically motivated law enforcement.
Donald Trump New York Press Conference
“They named it after me.”
— Donald Trump
July 18, 2025   •   Trump joking that the GENIUS Act had been named after him. GENIUS is an acronym for Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins; the legislation was not named after Trump.
GENIUS Act Signing Ceremony
“Joe Biden lied from start to finish.”
— James Comer
December 9, 2024   •   Comer characterizing Biden's public statements concerning his son's pardon and family business activities.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability / Fox News
“They are putting litter boxes in schools for people who identify as cats.”
— Lauren Boebert
October 3, 2022   •   Boebert repeating a false litter-box rumor.
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“They thought that was protection.”
— Donald Trump
January 25, 2025   •   Trump mocking Danish defense measures in Greenland.
Air Force One Press Gaggle
“If Russia or China or any other country has those e-mails, I mean, to be honest with you, I'd love to see them.”
— Donald Trump
July 27, 2016   •   Trump discussing the possibility that a foreign government possessed Hillary Clinton's deleted emails.
Trump Press Conference — Doral, Florida
“It's the power that he is so involved with and so in search of.”
— Michael Cohen
September 1, 2020   •   Cohen's characterization of Trump's interest in powerful foreign leaders.
MSNBC Rachel Maddow interview
“You could use my words against me, and you'd be absolutely right.”
— Lindsey Graham
March 10, 2016   •   Graham saying the same election-year Supreme Court nomination rule should apply to a future Republican president.
Senate Judiciary Committee