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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5728 quotes
“He doesn't fight back with one retort.”
— Corey Lewandowski
March 1, 2016   •   Lewandowski describing Trump's tendency to repeatedly attack political opponents.
Washington Post
“But I had 25,000 people.”
— Donald Trump
August 8, 2024   •   Trump contrasting a stated estimate of his January 6 audience with his characterization of Martin Luther King Jr.'s crowd.
Mar-a-Lago Press Conference
“It does not surprise me, Senator.”
— Russell Vought
January 23, 2025   •   Vought responded after Senator Ben Ray Luján noted that two senators on the committee had attended Head Start.
Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing
“He will be ready for this.”
— Anthony Scaramucci
November 6, 2023   •   Scaramucci discussing Trump's preparation to testify in his New York civil fraud trial.
CNN This Morning
“Do you support the cancel culture?”
— Kimberly Guilfoyle
August 24, 2020   •   Guilfoyle rhetorically criticizing progressive cultural politics.
Republican National Convention
“When your policies are failing your people, you got to make sure you dilute those people with people who will vote for you.”
— Donald Trump Jr.
January 15, 2024   •   During Iowa caucus coverage on his Triggered program while discussing immigration.
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“I don't recall seeing that email.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks responding to questions concerning campaign email communications.
House Judiciary Committee
“Should people who have been part of the riots on January 6, should they be charged for their actions when they break the law? Yeah.”
— Sean Hannity
September 1, 2021
Hannity / Fox News
“The first thing we need to do is to build a wall.”
— Corey Lewandowski
March 1, 2016   •   Lewandowski discussing Trump's immigration platform during the 2016 campaign.
CNN
“I've just never known him to be depressed.”
— Roger Stone
June 7, 2016   •   Discussing Trump's response to setbacks.
PBS FRONTLINE
“I don't remember having that discussion.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks responding to congressional questioning concerning internal Trump campaign conversations.
House Judiciary Committee
“My office will continue to pursue justice for survivors.”
— Jeanine Pirro
August 12, 2026   •   Pirro commenting after a jury convicted a man of strangling and assaulting his former partner.
U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
“I fear that, if he's our nominee, we lose the last best chance to get the White House.”
— Lindsey Graham
September 10, 2015   •   Graham's 2015 electoral prediction, preserved here as a historical statement rather than a current assessment.
CNN
“You don’t have to be indoctrinated by these loser teachers that are trying to sell you on socialism from birth.”
— Donald Trump Jr.
February 11, 2019   •   Remarks at President Trump's rally in El Paso, Texas.
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“He wants to isolate the U.S. and our allies.”
— Rick Scott
February 10, 2022   •   Scott's characterization of Xi Jinping's geopolitical strategy.
Office of Senator Rick Scott / America First Policy Institute
“We're maximally transparent.”
— Elon Musk
February 1, 2025   •   Musk's characterization of DOGE's operations.
White House remarks
“Under President Trump's leadership, we're unlocking it.”
— Doug Burgum
April 10, 2025   •   Burgum praising the administration's offshore energy policies.
U.S. Department of the Interior
“We declare 1776 against the new world order.”
— Alex Jones
January 6, 2021   •   January 6 remarks in Washington.
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“We want to see lots of nice, beautiful, shiny gold in Fort Knox.”
— Donald Trump
February 22, 2025   •   Trump describing what he hoped to see during an inspection of Fort Knox.
CPAC Speech
“Wait, does anyone have anything else to say?”
— Donald Trump
July 23, 2025   •   Trump joking with his audience after declaring that America had invented everything.
Artificial Intelligence Policy Speech — Washington, D.C.