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 last time I appeared before Congress, I came to protect Mr. Trump.”
— Michael Cohen
February 27, 2019
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
“The president has a messaging problem.”
— Greg Gutfeld
January 1, 2022   •   Gutfeld discussing Biden's declining approval ratings and political communication.
Fox News — Gutfeld!
“Vice President Pence, what they're asking you to do, you won't do because you can't.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 6, 2021   •   Graham rejecting the claim that Pence could unilaterally reject electoral votes.
Congressional Record
“How does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?”
— JD Vance
July 29, 2021   •   Same Fox News interview.
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“Donald was one of the people who rooted for the housing market to crash.”
— Hillary Clinton
September 26, 2016   •   Clinton criticizing Trump during the first presidential debate.
Presidential debate
“I do miss my old life.”
— Donald Trump
April 1, 2017   •   Trump discussing how becoming president had changed his life.
Reuters Interview
“I tell my people never use the word coal unless you put beautiful clean before it.”
— Donald Trump
April 8, 2025   •   Trump explaining that he instructed aides to describe coal using the phrase "beautiful clean coal."
White House Energy Executive Order Remarks
“He should announce he will lead the nationwide effort to reform voting integrity.”
— Sean Hannity
January 10, 2021   •   Private message discussing what Hannity believed Trump should do after January 6.
Text message released by House January 6 Committee
“I don’t want my children to share a neighborhood with people who are not properly vetted.”
— JD Vance
January 26, 2025   •   On Face the Nation while defending the administration’s refugee and immigration restrictions.
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“He never gives up.”
— Kimberly Guilfoyle
October 3, 2026   •   Guilfoyle praising Donald Trump's persistence.
Kimberly Guilfoyle political remarks
“Make this about disagreement with our policy.”
— Karoline Leavitt
October 3, 2026
White House Press Briefing
“That's why his supporters love him.”
— Jesse Watters
October 3, 2026   •   Watters explaining what he believed contributed to Trump's appeal among supporters.
Jesse Watters Primetime
“COVID has revealed so much corruption in our federal health agencies.”
— Ron Johnson
February 9, 2022   •   Johnson alleging institutional corruption in the federal response to COVID-19.
Fox Business / Office of Senator Ron Johnson
“They don't live in those neighborhoods.”
— Greg Gutfeld
October 3, 2026   •   Gutfeld criticizing affluent political commentators whom he considered insulated from violent crime.
Fox News — The Five
“We have blown far past the target.”
— Russell Vought
December 1, 2025   •   Vought said the administration had exceeded Trump's stated 10-to-1 deregulation target.
White House / OMB
“Many African Americans lack confidence in the American criminal justice system.”
— Bill Barr
June 4, 2020
Department of Justice
“Part of the answer is to become radical constitutionalists.”
— Russell Vought
October 3, 2026   •   Vought advocated what he called radical constitutionalism as a response to what he described as a post-constitutional political system.
Russell Vought — Renewing America's Purpose
“We have no idea the exact number.”
— Sean Hannity
October 22, 2021   •   Hannity discussing uncertainty over the number of U.S. citizens, green-card holders and Afghan partners remaining in Afghanistan.
Fox News — Hannity