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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“The CCP has launched an orchestrated campaign across all its many tentacles in Chinese government and society.”
— Bill Barr
July 1, 2020   •   Barr discussing Chinese Communist Party influence.
Department of Justice — China Policy Remarks
“The opposition party is the media.”
— Steve Bannon
October 11, 2026   •   Bannon criticizing the press early in the Trump administration.
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“Hunter Biden's main accomplice.”
— James Comer
January 17, 2025   •   Comer characterizing James Biden's role in Biden family business activities.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
“They were there for my family in my darkest hours.”
— Steve Scalise
August 24, 2020   •   Scalise describing Donald and Melania Trump's support following the 2017 shooting.
Republican National Convention
“There won’t be a drop of alcohol on my lips while I’m doing it.”
— Pete Hegseth
October 11, 2026   •   Hegseth discussing serving as defense secretary.
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“Unleashing U.S. energy production.”
— Doug Burgum
November 6, 2024   •   Burgum listing priorities he expected from the incoming Trump administration.
North Dakota Office of the Governor
“The American people deserve answers.”
— James Comer
October 3, 2026   •   Recurring Comer statement concerning congressional oversight.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
“They imposed a curfew last night, I think that helped a bit.”
— Pam Bondi
June 12, 2025
Remarks to reporters
“I don't remember.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks responding to questioning during House Judiciary Committee testimony.
House Judiciary Committee
“I don't know. I don't know.”
— Donald Trump
September 4, 2019   •   Trump repeating that he did not know who altered the Hurricane Dorian map with a black line extending toward Alabama.
White House Press Exchange
“One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.”
— Ivanka Trump
August 2, 2018   •   Ivanka describing Alice Marie Johnson leaving prison after President Trump commuted her life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense. Kim Kardashian had advocated for Johnson's clemency.
Axios News Shapers Interview
“We have people in our country that are probably worse.”
— Donald Trump
January 19, 2025   •   Trump comparing some immigrants to the fictional cannibalistic murderer Hannibal Lecter.
Trump Victory Rally — Washington, D.C.
“My job is to execute the president's foreign policy.”
— Marco Rubio
January 1, 2025   •   Rubio describing his prospective responsibility as Donald Trump's secretary of state.
NPR
“I don't think you and I could have imagined it as a novel.”
— Newt Gingrich
August 1, 2021   •   Gingrich describing his astonishment at events surrounding the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Fox News — The Ingraham Angle
“The new aristocratic elite.”
— Josh Hawley
December 5, 2019   •   Hawley's description of powerful economic and cultural institutions.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“The real Donald Trump is even scarier.”
— Alex Jones
October 11, 2026   •   Jones praising what he described as Trump’s private intelligence and awareness.
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“This election is a battle for the soul of America.”
— Kimberly Guilfoyle
August 24, 2020   •   Guilfoyle's characterization of the stakes of the 2020 presidential election.
Republican National Convention
“I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain.”
— Donald Trump
March 16, 2016   •   MSNBC Morning Joe interview about foreign-policy advisers.
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“I put out a plan of ideas, and I don't regret it one bit.”
— Rick Scott
November 1, 2022   •   Scott defending his Rescue America policy plan.
Office of Senator Rick Scott