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
“America needs to lead the world in wireless.”
— Brendan Carr
October 3, 2026   •   Carr discussing U.S. competition in 5G and future 6G technologies.
FCC
“Tens of millions of dollars.”
— James Comer
October 3, 2026   •   Comer describing the aggregate foreign and domestic business income traced to Biden family members and associates by committee investigators.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
“How many of those would be same-sex couples?”
— Louie Gohmert
October 13, 2026   •   Continuation of Gohmert’s spacecraft hypothetical.
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“Many African Americans lack confidence in the American criminal justice system.”
— Bill Barr
June 4, 2020
Department of Justice
“President Biden is putting the sovereignty of the United States of America in peril.”
— Chuck Grassley
December 30, 2022   •   Grassley's characterization of Biden administration immigration policy.
Office of Senator Chuck Grassley
“Thousands of pages of financial records... confirm the importance of this investigation.”
— James Comer
April 17, 2023   •   Comer discussing Treasury financial records reviewed by members of the Oversight Committee.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
“When you walk onto a commercial flight, it is possible that the pilot flying your plane could have a deranged fetish of dressing up like an animal.”
— Tommy Tuberville
September 22, 2026   •   Senate floor speech discussing the furry community and aviation.
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“Mr. Trump called me a rat for choosing to tell the truth.”
— Michael Cohen
February 27, 2019   •   Cohen describing Trump's public attacks against him.
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
“This is a calculated political ploy.”
— Sean Hannity
September 10, 2021   •   Hannity's characterization of Biden's vaccination policies.
Fox News — Hannity
“Joey, you might want to listen to your Supreme Court when you wake up in the morning.”
— Sean Hannity
June 1, 2021   •   Hannity referring to President Biden.
Hannity / Fox News
“I have so many friends going to your countries trying to get rich.”
— Donald Trump
September 20, 2017   •   Trump speaking to African heads of state about American business investment in Africa.
Luncheon with African Leaders — United Nations
“I'm a construction, concrete and on-the-ground operations guy.”
— Eric Trump
March 1, 2023   •   Eric describing his role at the Trump Organization while distancing himself from responsibility for financial statements and valuations.
New York Attorney General Civil Fraud Case — Eric Trump Deposition
“They try and find a comma that's out of place.”
— Eric Trump
June 1, 2021   •   Eric characterizing legal scrutiny of the Trump family as excessively meticulous.
Fox News — Hannity
“He's very supportive of what we do.”
— Russell Vought
October 3, 2026   •   Vought's description of Trump's relationship with his Center for Renewing America.
Centre for Climate Reporting undercover video
“We routinely scroll... the names of murder victims.”
— Sean Hannity
December 9, 2021   •   Hannity discussing his program's practice of displaying names of homicide victims.
Fox News — Hannity
“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
“Clearly, it's gone in California.”
— Karoline Leavitt
January 28, 2025   •   Leavitt's political characterization of California government policy.
White House Press Briefing
“Captain Khan was an American hero.”
— Ivanka Trump
August 2, 2016   •   Ivanka discussing Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004. His parents, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, became involved in a public dispute with Donald Trump after appearing at the Democratic National Convention.
Fox News — On the Record with Greta Van Susteren
“It's the gold card.”
— Donald Trump
April 3, 2025   •   Trump displaying the prototype of his proposed immigration Gold Card.
Air Force One Press Exchange
“I can't assure you on either of those two.”
— Donald Trump
January 7, 2025   •   Trump responding when asked whether he could rule out military or economic coercion to acquire Greenland or regain control of the Panama Canal.
Mar-a-Lago Press Conference