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
“We don't have time for these kinds of distractions.”
— Marco Rubio
January 27, 2016   •   Rubio criticizing campaign disputes involving Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
The American Presidency Project — Rubio campaign remarks
“We have to find a middle ground on this issue.”
— Nancy Mace
January 8, 2023   •   Mace discussing abortion policy.
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“I think Greenland will be worked out with us.”
— Donald Trump
January 25, 2025   •   Trump discussing his renewed effort to obtain Greenland during remarks aboard Air Force One.
Air Force One Press Gaggle
“They couldn't beat Trump honestly.”
— Newt Gingrich
November 4, 2020   •   Gingrich's allegation concerning the 2020 election. Courts and election officials did not establish fraud sufficient to overturn Biden's victory.
Fox News The Ingraham Angle
“No one is above the law.”
— Pam Bondi
September 25, 2025   •   Statement announcing the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. An indictment is an allegation; defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
U.S. Department of Justice
“The ballot printers weren’t working.”
— Kari Lake
November 1, 2022   •   Lake discussing Election Day equipment issues.
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“The relationship is great.”
— Russell Vought
July 1, 2024   •   Vought describing his relationship with Trump's political operation.
Centre for Climate Reporting undercover recording
“The media here is the opposition party.”
— Steve Bannon
January 26, 2017   •   In an interview with The New York Times, criticizing mainstream news organizations after the 2016 election.
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“He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.”
— Donald Trump
July 18, 2015   •   Family Leadership Summit, discussing John McCain.
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“Guys, we have a clear path to land the plane in nine days.”
— Sean Hannity
January 1, 2021   •   Hannity privately urged Trump advisers to bring the post-election confrontation to a conclusion.
January 6 Committee — Hannity text messages
“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.”
— Lindsey Graham
March 1, 2016   •   Graham's prediction during the Republican primary.
CBS News
“There's only one true leader of the Republican Party, and his name is Donald J. Trump.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
March 25, 2023
Trump rally in Waco, Texas
“You don't convict someone because you don't like them.”
— Jeanine Pirro
October 3, 2026   •   Pirro discussing criminal-law principles in a political context.
Justice with Judge Jeanine
“I'm, like, a smart person.”
— Donald Trump
December 11, 2016   •   Trump explaining why he did not believe he needed to receive the President's Daily Brief every day.
Fox News Sunday Interview
“This is the year where we ought to come out and say here are 10 big things we'll do.”
— Newt Gingrich
January 1, 2022   •   Gingrich advocating a defined Republican governing agenda for the 2022 midterms.
Fox News — The Ingraham Angle
“The President was extremely angry.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks describing Trump's reaction to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller during closed-door House Judiciary Committee testimony.
House Judiciary Committee
“Mr. Trump is not qualified, in my view, to be commander in chief and lead this great nation.”
— Lindsey Graham
September 10, 2015
CNN
“No Biden ever took money from China.”
— James Comer
September 13, 2023   •   Comer paraphrasing and criticizing Biden's earlier statements concerning family business dealings with China.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
“We have massive fields of lumber.”
— Donald Trump
January 7, 2025   •   Trump discussing U.S. timber resources while criticizing Canadian lumber imports.
Mar-a-Lago Press Conference
“Dramatization is not exaggeration.”
— Roger Stone
October 3, 2026   •   From Stone's Rules: How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style.
Stone's Rules