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
“Whatever happened to Global Warming?”
— Donald Trump
January 2, 2014   •   Trump using a cold-weather event to question global warming.
Donald Trump Twitter Account
“It will tear the party apart.”
— Lindsey Graham
March 1, 2016   •   Graham predicting the effect of Trump's nomination on the Republican Party.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“And I believe, and I hope, maybe it won't happen, it's possible.”
— Donald Trump
January 11, 2017   •   Trump qualifying his prediction about future U.S.-Russia relations.
President-Elect Press Conference
“This is not a way to sort of make money.”
— Elon Musk
April 1, 2022   •   Musk discussing his proposed Twitter acquisition.
TED2022
“We need to know what happened.”
— Newt Gingrich
November 1, 2020
Public commentary
“The intensity of Trump voters far outpaced the intensity of Clinton voters.”
— Roger Stone
October 12, 2026   •   PBS Frontline interview.
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“Competence and merit are the standards by which we should all be judged.”
— Jeanine Pirro
August 1, 2025   •   As U.S. Attorney for D.C., Pirro praised termination of a decades-old federal employment consent decree.
U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
“Congress should fundamentally reform Section 230.”
— Brendan Carr
October 3, 2026   •   Carr advocated changes to the federal law that provides online services protections concerning user-generated content and moderation decisions.
Project 2025 — Mandate for Leadership
“I don't have any information about that.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks responding to a matter outside her personal knowledge.
House Judiciary Committee
“There is going to have to be concessions made.”
— Marco Rubio
January 15, 2025   •   Rubio discussing the possibility of negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine. He said concessions would be required from parties to the conflict.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing
“We have met the moment, and we have prevailed.”
— Donald Trump
May 11, 2020   •   White House remarks on coronavirus testing.
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“I was concerned that we were damaging his legacy.”
— Hope Hicks
December 1, 2022   •   Hicks explaining concerns she expressed inside the White House regarding Trump's post-election conduct.
House January 6 Select Committee Testimony
“You really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?”
— Donald Trump
August 15, 2017   •   Trump arguing that removal of Confederate monuments could lead to demands for removing monuments to other historical slaveholders.
Trump Tower Press Conference — Charlottesville Remarks
“The party of America First.”
— Kimberly Guilfoyle
February 26, 2021   •   Guilfoyle describing the Republican Party's political direction under Donald Trump.
CPAC 2021
“There's no place for political violence.”
— Steve Scalise
October 3, 2026   •   Scalise discussing political violence based partly on his own experience in the 2017 congressional baseball shooting.
Steve Scalise public remarks
“We are failing on a spectacular level.”
— Sean Hannity
February 2, 2022   •   Hannity was discussing educational outcomes and arguing schools should focus more heavily on reading, writing, math, science and computers.
Fox News — Hannity
“He doesn't go to church, he doesn't go to religion — synagogue.”
— Rudy Giuliani
December 23, 2019   •   Same New York magazine interview while criticizing George Soros.
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“They stole this election. We all know. They will destroy our country next.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
January 17, 2021   •   Text message to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows after the 2020 election. Courts and election officials found no evidence of fraud sufficient to overturn the result.
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“I've been a prosecutor, a judge and a district attorney.”
— Jeanine Pirro
October 3, 2026   •   Pirro summarizing her legal career.
Public remarks