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 not called the Gulf of Mexico any longer.”
— Donald Trump
February 18, 2025   •   Trump describing the federal U.S. government's naming policy. Mexico and international users continued using Gulf of Mexico.
Executive Order Remarks — Mar-a-Lago
“My father even became the target of an assassin.”
— Eric Trump
July 18, 2024   •   Eric discussing the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Republican National Convention — Milwaukee
“Beautiful clean coal, beautiful clean coal.”
— Donald Trump
April 8, 2025   •   Trump demonstrating the terminology he wanted his administration to use when discussing coal.
White House Energy Executive Order Remarks
“We don't know who she is.”
— Jesse Watters
August 26, 2024   •   Watters discussing Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential campaign.
Fox News — The Five
“Strengthens American Energy Dominance.”
— Doug Burgum
August 19, 2025   •   Burgum describing the administration's offshore leasing program.
U.S. Department of the Interior
“Mr. President, you're not far behind God.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham praising President Trump during the Iran conflict shortly before Graham's death. The remark illustrates the dramatic evolution of Graham's relationship with Trump since 2015.
Lindsey Graham public remarks
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy.”
— Elon Musk
April 1, 2022
Public statement concerning Twitter acquisition
“He trusts me to be very candid with my opinion.”
— Ivanka Trump
June 26, 2017   •   Ivanka describing her advisory relationship with her father.
Fox & Friends Interview
“Such a nasty woman.”
— Donald Trump
October 19, 2016   •   Third presidential debate, referring to Hillary Clinton.
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“Today, people are still trying to control the weather.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
September 17, 2025
House DOGE Subcommittee hearing on weather modification
“Same real estate.”
— Donald Trump
August 8, 2024   •   Trump claiming his January 6 speech and Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 speech occurred in the same location. King spoke at the Lincoln Memorial; Trump spoke at the Ellipse near the White House.
Mar-a-Lago Press Conference
“I refuse to dismiss the legitimate concerns of tens of millions of Americans.”
— Ron Johnson
January 7, 2021   •   Johnson continued to defend concerns about election administration after the Capitol attack while condemning the violence.
Office of Senator Ron Johnson
“It's a big culture shift in our nation to view someone who breaks our immigration laws as a criminal.”
— Karoline Leavitt
January 28, 2025
White House Press Briefing
“They don't want this pandemic to end.”
— Jesse Watters
July 31, 2021   •   Watters alleged that Democratic politicians benefited politically from continuing COVID restrictions. This was Watters' claim about their motives.
Fox News — Watters' World
“He's a mess.”
— Sean Hannity
April 4, 2022   •   Hannity's characterization of President Biden.
Fox News — Hannity
“They have all but blacked out any positive news.”
— Sean Hannity
March 1, 2018   •   Hannity accusing mainstream television networks of giving insufficient coverage to positive economic developments under Trump.
Fox News — Hannity
“There was no insurrection, and to call it an insurrection, in my opinion, is a bald-faced lie.”
— Andrew Clyde
May 12, 2021   •   Clyde made the statement during a House Oversight hearing about January 6.
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“This is nothing less than an epic struggle for the future of this country between dark and light.”
— Roger Stone
January 5, 2021   •   Freedom Plaza rally in Washington, D.C.
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“Never-ending restrictions.”
— Sean Hannity
December 1, 2021   •   Hannity criticizing pandemic restrictions.
Hannity / Fox News
“Yes, it will happen. Putin has told us it will happen if you continue this.”
— Tommy Tuberville
September 12, 2024   •   Tuberville warned that deeper Ukrainian strikes inside Russia could lead to nuclear war, presenting that escalation as a certainty.
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