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
“It's old.”
— Donald Trump
July 29, 2025   •   Trump describing the existing presidential aircraft while defending plans for a replacement.
Air Force One Press Gaggle
“The campaign was going to be the greatest infomercial in political history.”
— Michael Cohen
February 27, 2019   •   Cohen's characterization of Trump's original campaign strategy.
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
“Game over.”
— Sean Hannity
February 5, 2020   •   Hannity reacting to Trump's acquittal in his first Senate impeachment trial.
Fox News — Hannity
“Trump and I, we've had a hell of a journey.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 6, 2021   •   Graham reflecting on his relationship with Trump following the Capitol attack.
U.S. Senate Floor
“My father was the toughest president in history on Iran.”
— Eric Trump
July 16, 2024   •   Eric making an evaluative claim about Donald Trump's Iran policy while discussing reports of an Iranian assassination plot.
CNN Interview at Republican National Convention
“The Biden administration's open border policies have incentivized the unlawful crossing.”
— Rick Scott
March 25, 2024   •   Scott's characterization of Biden administration immigration policies.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“One that ends the funding of our decline.”
— Russell Vought
May 2, 2025   •   Vought's political characterization of the Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal.
White House / Office of Management and Budget
“In the end Trump will fail because what he’s doing is unconstitutional.”
— Alex Jones
April 29, 2026   •   Jones criticizing Trump’s effort to pressure ABC through the FCC.
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“Demanding fair trade with our partners.”
— Howard Lutnick
January 1, 2026   •   Lutnick describing the administration's trade policy.
U.S. Department of Commerce
“Artificial. I can't stand it.”
— Donald Trump
July 23, 2025   •   Trump discussing the term "artificial intelligence" during a major administration speech on AI policy.
Artificial Intelligence Policy Speech — Washington, D.C.
“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
“These drugs are worth over half-a-billion dollars.”
— Pam Bondi
April 10, 2025   •   Said during an announcement concerning a large Coast Guard drug seizure.
DOJ press conference
“I have never asked for, nor would I accept, a pardon from President Trump.”
— Michael Cohen
February 27, 2019
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
“Restores hope in this nation.”
— Tim Scott
May 1, 2022   •   Scott discussing national reconciliation.
NPR / Office of Senator Tim Scott
“It's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country.”
— Hillary Clinton
October 9, 2016
Presidential debate
“Whoever was rising in the poll, that's who became the person that we needed to knock out of the race.”
— Michael Cohen
September 1, 2020   •   Cohen describing what he said was a coordinated effort involving Trump and the National Enquirer during the 2016 Republican primary.
MSNBC Rachel Maddow interview
“I know windmills very much.”
— Donald Trump
December 21, 2019   •   Trump discussing his familiarity with wind turbines.
White House — Turning Point USA Student Action Summit
“The public could see his incompetence with their own eyes.”
— Greg Gutfeld
December 7, 2021   •   Gutfeld's opinion of President Biden following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Fox News — Gutfeld!
“Tariffs, one of the most beautiful words I've ever heard.”
— Donald Trump
February 20, 2025   •   Trump praising tariffs while speaking to Republican governors.
Republican Governors Association Dinner