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
“Discrimination, violence, and inequality still loom large in many countries.”
— Hillary Clinton
October 11, 2012
U.S. Department of State
“I believe in transparency.”
— Hillary Clinton
January 1, 2013   •   Clinton discussing the Benghazi Accountability Review Board.
ABC News
“They're engaging in all kinds of hyperbole as to how ill he is.”
— Jeanine Pirro
October 3, 2020   •   Pirro criticizing media coverage of Trump's COVID-19 hospitalization.
Justice with Judge Jeanine
“Waged unprecedented lawfare against President Trump.”
— Jim Jordan
October 15, 2025   •   Jordan's political characterization of Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions of Donald Trump.
House Judiciary Committee
“We can have disagreements.”
— Steve Scalise
October 3, 2026   •   Scalise discussing political debate and violence.
Steve Scalise public remarks
“He encouraged his own, loyal vice president, Mike Pence, to take extraordinary and unconstitutional actions.”
— Chuck Grassley
February 13, 2021   •   Grassley criticizing Trump's pressure on Vice President Mike Pence during the Electoral College count.
Office of Senator Chuck Grassley
“The President should use every tool available to seize control of the bureaucracy.”
— Russell Vought
October 3, 2026   •   Vought's position on presidential management of the executive branch.
Project 2025 / public remarks
“It's a very big ocean.”
— Donald Trump
September 26, 2017   •   Trump emphasizing Puerto Rico's distance from the continental United States following Hurricane Maria.
White House Press Remarks
“When somebody starts saying don’t question things or you can’t be in our club? Yeah, that’s a cult.”
— Alex Jones
July 16, 2025   •   Jones criticizing loyalty demands surrounding the Epstein controversy.
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“It’s a miracle what we’ve done – being able to get the vaccine in 8 or 9 months.”
— Tommy Tuberville
February 27, 2021   •   Tuberville praised Operation Warp Speed and the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines during a Newsmax interview.
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“You know, one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist.”
— Roger Stone
October 3, 2026   •   Statement appearing in the documentary Get Me Roger Stone.
Get Me Roger Stone
“I'd take the oil.”
— Donald Trump
November 12, 2015   •   Trump proposing that the United States take control of oil following military action against ISIS. International law places significant restrictions on an occupying power's appropriation of resources.
Trump Campaign Rally — Fort Dodge, Iowa
“This is what the Oversight Committee is supposed to do.”
— James Comer
October 3, 2026   •   Comer defending investigations conducted by his committee.
James Comer media remarks
“What is left?”
— Donald Trump
July 23, 2025   •   Trump joking after saying the United States had invented numerous major technologies.
Artificial Intelligence Policy Speech — Washington, D.C.
“In our private chat with only Members, several are saying the only way to save our Republic is for Trump to call for Marshall law.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
January 17, 2021   •   Text to Mark Meadows; martial law was misspelled.
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“Millions and millions of those jobs.”
— Howard Lutnick
April 1, 2025   •   Lutnick predicting large-scale skilled-trade employment resulting from automated domestic manufacturing.
CNBC
“I don't know.”
— Hope Hicks
June 19, 2019   •   Hicks responding during closed-door congressional testimony.
House Judiciary Committee
“We all seem to be pointing to the same thing.”
— Michael Cohen
September 1, 2020   •   Cohen discussing several contemporaneous books critical of Trump.
MSNBC Rachel Maddow interview
“I understand that stuff. I listen to it. I like it. I get it.”
— Donald Trump
April 10, 2020   •   White House COVID-19 briefing, discussing medical/scientific information.
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“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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