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A searchable collection of documented public statements from people covered by the Kakistocracy Files.

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5728 quotes
“With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon.”
— Elon Musk
October 3, 2026   •   Musk was describing his concerns about potentially dangerous advanced AI.
MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Centennial Symposium
“I go off the record.”
— Donald Trump
December 18, 2019   •   Trump jokingly declaring himself off the record while speaking publicly to a rally audience about toilets and showers.
Trump Rally — Battle Creek, Michigan
“It became both our campaign document that fall and the management document for the first 100 days.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 2026   •   Gingrich describing how Republicans used the Contract with America after winning control of the House.
PBS — Commanding Heights
“Affordable energy for American families and businesses.”
— Doug Burgum
March 28, 2025   •   Burgum describing the intended consumer benefit of increased energy production.
U.S. Department of the Interior
“I think I'm the good looking man, actually.”
— Corey Lewandowski
September 17, 2019   •   Lewandowski joking during his combative House Judiciary Committee testimony.
House Judiciary Committee
“They have failed, and they will not win.”
— Eric Trump
July 18, 2024   •   Eric addressing Trump supporters at the Republican National Convention.
Republican National Convention — Milwaukee
“3.9 million people from age 130 to 139.”
— Donald Trump
February 20, 2025   •   Trump citing administrative Social Security data. Such database records were not evidence that millions of 130-year-olds were alive or receiving Social Security payments.
Republican Governors Association Dinner
“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters.”
— Donald Trump
January 23, 2016   •   Trump boasting about the loyalty of his supporters during an Iowa campaign rally. Trump later said he was joking and that the audience understood it as a joke.
Trump Campaign Rally — Sioux Center, Iowa
“That combination of things I'd never experienced before.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing why his interactions with Trump prompted contemporaneous notes.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I will follow the same practice Democrat members of Congress have in years past.”
— Josh Hawley
December 30, 2020   •   Hawley comparing his planned Electoral College objection to previous congressional objections by Democrats.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks.”
— Pam Bondi
March 18, 2025   •   Referring to attacks against Tesla property.
U.S. Department of Justice
“The golden age of America has most definitely begun.”
— Karoline Leavitt
January 29, 2025   •   Opening remarks at Leavitt's first White House press briefing as press secretary.
White House press briefing
“Capitalism has a new sheriff in town.”
— Howard Lutnick
January 1, 2026   •   Lutnick describing the Trump administration's economic agenda ahead of Davos.
U.S. Department of Commerce
“I believe in the resurrection, but dead people voting? I don't think so.”
— Jeanine Pirro
November 14, 2020   •   Pirro was discussing allegations of votes being cast in the names of deceased people. Claims of widespread deceased-person voting sufficient to affect the 2020 outcome were not substantiated.
Fox News — Justice with Judge Jeanine
“We should be embracing innovation over regulation.”
— Doug Burgum
March 7, 2024   •   Burgum reiterating one of his principal economic-policy themes.
North Dakota Office of the Governor
“We need to restore America's spectrum leadership.”
— Brendan Carr
October 3, 2026   •   Carr discussing U.S. wireless policy and competition with China.
FCC
“My greatest achievement, that’s right.”
— Alex Jones
June 22, 2017   •   Jones describing his claim that he had briefed Trump about “globalists” before Trump entered office.
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“Biden's first year at the White House has been an abject failure.”
— Sean Hannity
January 20, 2022   •   Hannity's assessment of Biden's first year in office.
Hannity / Fox News
“The radical left loves chaos.”
— Dan Bongino
October 3, 2026   •   Bongino made the claim while discussing crime and Democratic policies in major cities.
Fox News — Fox & Friends
“Wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card.”
— Donald Trump
February 25, 2025   •   Trump explaining the intended target population for his Gold Card proposal.
White House Executive Order Remarks