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
“And to protect their rights.”
— Russell Vought
January 23, 2025   •   Vought discussing the core responsibility of the federal government.
Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing
“This is President Trump's Republican Party.”
— Kimberly Guilfoyle
October 3, 2026   •   Guilfoyle describing Trump's influence over the GOP following the 2020 election.
Kimberly Guilfoyle political remarks
“The biggest fraud is the Dominion machines.”
— Mike Lindell
December 22, 2020   •   Claim made about the 2020 election on Newsmax. Courts and election officials found no evidence that Dominion machines stole the election.
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“He doesn't represent my party.”
— Lindsey Graham
December 8, 2015   •   Graham rejecting Trump's candidacy during the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
CNN — New Day
“Nobody knows politicians better than Donald Trump.”
— Donald Trump
October 3, 2026   •   Trump referring to himself in the third person while claiming exceptional knowledge of politicians.
Trump Campaign Remarks
“This is a movement.”
— Eric Trump
July 20, 2016   •   Eric describing Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Republican National Convention — Cleveland
“They want to whitewash their crimes.”
— Rick Scott
February 10, 2022   •   Scott accusing the Chinese government of using the Beijing Olympics for propaganda concerning its human-rights record.
Office of Senator Rick Scott / America First Policy Institute
“We are working doggedly on that.”
— Russell Vought
July 1, 2024   •   Vought discussing plans for executive agencies.
Centre for Climate Reporting undercover recording
“I do think that we want to be just very reluctant to delete things.”
— Elon Musk
April 1, 2022   •   Musk discussing content moderation on Twitter.
TED2022
“In 250 years from now the planet's gonna burn up or freeze up.”
— Donald Trump
July 3, 2025   •   Trump mocking long-term climate projections. Climate science does not depend on predicting exact local weather centuries in advance.
Salute to America Speech — Des Moines, Iowa
“He would explain the power of what was going to happen.”
— Donald Trump
December 15, 2015   •   Trump discussing what his uncle told him about nuclear technology.
CNN Republican Presidential Debate
“Trump is in free fall.”
— Alex Jones
April 9, 2026   •   Jones attacking Trump after a public break between the two men.
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“2020 was a lie.”
— Jesse Watters
June 12, 2021   •   Watters opened a Watters' World monologue by arguing that several major media narratives from 2020 had subsequently been undermined or challenged.
Fox News — Watters' World
“If the leaks don't stop, I'm going to pare down the staff.”
— Anthony Scaramucci
July 23, 2017
Face the Nation
“This movement is just getting started.”
— Kimberly Guilfoyle
February 26, 2021   •   Guilfoyle discussing the future of the Trump-aligned conservative movement.
CPAC 2021
“Ask Garrett O'Boyle.”
— Jim Jordan
July 12, 2023   •   Jordan citing FBI employee Garrett O'Boyle while alleging retaliation against whistleblowers.
House Judiciary Committee — FBI Oversight Hearing
“Smart power requires reaching out to both friends and adversaries.”
— Hillary Clinton
October 3, 2026   •   Clinton discussing her foreign-policy philosophy.
U.S. Department of State
“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
July 11, 2023   •   Remarks at a New York press dinner; scientific evidence does not support the claim.
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“You've got to get rid of H1Bs today and ship them all home and give those jobs to American citizens.”
— Steve Bannon
December 29, 2025   •   On War Room, arguing for elimination of the H-1B visa program as part of a broader immigration moratorium.
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“We're gonna go back to steam.”
— Donald Trump
October 28, 2025   •   Trump discussing his preference for steam catapults over electromagnetic launch systems on aircraft carriers.
Remarks aboard USS George Washington