KAKISTOCRACY (noun) — Government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
In Their Own Words

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

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5728 quotes
“Fear gives them power.”
— Jesse Watters
July 31, 2021   •   Watters criticizing Democratic COVID-19 policies and pandemic restrictions.
Fox News — Watters' World
“The most important question is, is it systemic?”
— James Comey
December 15, 2019   •   Comey discussing whether FISA-process failures extended to other cases.
Fox News Sunday
“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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“Until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.”
— Donald Trump
December 7, 2015   •   Trump describing how long his proposed Muslim entry restriction should remain in place.
Donald J. Trump Statement on Preventing Muslim Immigration
“They're worried.”
— Rick Scott
October 13, 2021   •   Scott describing what he said he was hearing from Florida families and businesses about inflation.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“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 whole thing is a giant hoax.”
— Alex Jones
October 8, 2026   •   Jones falsely describing Sandy Hook; he later acknowledged the massacre was real.
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“This is just not what I do in my day-to-day responsibilities.”
— Eric Trump
March 1, 2023   •   Eric describing why he said he had limited involvement with property appraisals and his father's statements of financial condition.
New York Attorney General Civil Fraud Case — Eric Trump Deposition
“It means no more funding for illegal DEI programs.”
— Karoline Leavitt
January 28, 2025   •   Leavitt describing the administration's federal funding policy.
White House Press Briefing
“It's classically un-American.”
— Anthony Scaramucci
August 1, 2019   •   Scaramucci criticizing Trump's attacks telling American lawmakers to go back to other countries.
CNN
“Our federal health agencies are not taking this seriously.”
— Ron Johnson
July 11, 2021   •   Johnson alleging insufficient federal attention to reports of COVID-19 vaccine adverse events.
Fox News / Office of Senator Ron Johnson
“I was a demented follower.”
— Michael Cohen
October 3, 2026   •   Cohen describing his former loyalty to Trump while promoting his memoir Disloyal.
Disloyal / public interview
“My father will fight for you.”
— Eric Trump
August 25, 2020   •   Repeated refrain in Eric's 2020 Republican National Convention speech.
Republican National Convention
“We are the consumer of the world.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 6, 2025   •   Lutnick discussing U.S. leverage in international trade.
CBS — Face the Nation
“Nothing is over until we say it is.”
— Roger Stone
January 5, 2021   •   January 5 rally remarks cited by the January 6 Committee.
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“At meetings, on the phone, or at dinners.”
— James Comer
August 19, 2024   •   Comer describing documented forms of interaction between Joe Biden and some of Hunter Biden's business associates.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
“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 President did not have that authority.”
— Russell Vought
January 16, 2025   •   Vought was criticizing President Biden's student-debt cancellation policies.
Senate OMB confirmation hearing
“What a nothing burger.”
— Lindsey Graham
September 25, 2019   •   Graham's characterization of the Trump-Zelensky call.
U.S. Senate