KAKISTOCRACY FILES
KAKISTOCRACY (noun) — Government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
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A searchable collection of documented public statements from people covered by the Kakistocracy Files.

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“We now have a border that is reaching unprecedented levels of operational success.”
— Karoline Leavitt
June 1, 2025   •   Leavitt's assessment of border enforcement.
White House Press Briefing
“We will go out and find the conspirators not just in government, but in the media.”
— Kash Patel
December 5, 2023   •   On Steve Bannon’s podcast, Patel discussed pursuing people he described as conspirators in government and the media.
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“I supported him.”
— Anthony Scaramucci
October 3, 2026   •   Scaramucci acknowledging his previous support for Trump.
CNN
“I don't remember the timing.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks responding to questions concerning the sequence of campaign events.
House Judiciary Committee
“Release the Kraken.”
— Sidney Powell
October 8, 2026   •   Phrase associated with Powell’s promised election litigation.
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“I don't have a stone-cold heart.”
— Elon Musk
April 1, 2022
TED2022
“And microwaves that turn into cameras, et cetera.”
— Kellyanne Conway
March 12, 2017   •   Conway cited household technology while discussing possible surveillance methods; she later said she was speaking generally, not claiming Trump Tower had been monitored by microwave.
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“What is left?”
— Donald Trump
July 23, 2025   •   Trump joking after saying the United States had invented numerous major technologies.
Artificial Intelligence Policy Speech — Washington, D.C.
“Unfortunately, this is a race to the bottom in 2016.”
— Lindsey Graham
May 6, 2016   •   Graham criticizing both major presidential candidates.
CNN
“National security starts with energy security.”
— Doug Burgum
October 3, 2026   •   A recurring Burgum theme linking domestic energy production with foreign policy.
Doug Burgum Presidential Campaign
“The President's Budget does all of that.”
— Russell Vought
May 2, 2025   •   Vought praising Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal.
White House / Office of Management and Budget
“It was about destabilizing the Trump administration.”
— Russell Vought
July 1, 2024   •   Vought's characterization of the 2020 protests following George Floyd's murder.
Centre for Climate Reporting undercover recording
“I don't believe that happened.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks disputing a premise presented during congressional questioning.
House Judiciary Committee
“We promised to schedule votes in the first 100 days.”
— Newt Gingrich
September 27, 2024   •   Gingrich explaining what House Republicans actually promised in the Contract with America.
Gingrich 360
“I was communications director.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks describing her White House position.
House Judiciary Committee
“It has to be an environmental exposure, because genes don't cause epidemics.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
August 10, 2026   •   Discussing his theory about changes in autism prevalence.
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“Same real estate.”
— Donald Trump
August 8, 2024   •   Trump claiming his January 6 speech and Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 speech occurred in the same location. King spoke at the Lincoln Memorial; Trump spoke at the Ellipse near the White House.
Mar-a-Lago Press Conference
“There is no question.”
— Jeanine Pirro
November 13, 2021   •   Pirro discussing Kyle Rittenhouse's claim of self-defense during his trial. Rittenhouse was subsequently acquitted on all charges.
Justice with Judge Jeanine
“These monopoly powers control our speech.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley criticizing dominant technology and media companies.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley