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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“I want President Trump to help us.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham discussing Republican electoral politics after Trump's presidency.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“The phrasing is too accurate to run away from the term.”
— Russell Vought
October 3, 2026   •   Vought explaining why he was willing to use the term Christian nationalism.
Public remarks
“We cannot have a secure border and a safe America with a president who refuses to enforce the laws on the books.”
— Tim Scott
March 27, 2024   •   Scott criticizing Biden administration immigration enforcement.
Office of Senator Tim Scott
“A lot of people don't know that.”
— Donald Trump
March 21, 2017   •   Trump repeating his claim that many Americans did not know Lincoln was a Republican.
NRCC March Dinner
“All remedies should be on the table.”
— Brendan Carr
November 1, 2024   •   Carr was discussing possible FCC responses to alleged violations by broadcasters and included license-related remedies among potential options.
Fox News / Ars Technica
“There is a day of reckoning coming if we don't get our fiscal house in order.”
— Rick Scott
July 19, 2021   •   Scott warning about federal debt and deficit spending.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“America will no longer tolerate illegal immigration.”
— Karoline Leavitt
January 28, 2025
White House Press Briefing
“Native American tribes performed ceremonial dances to summon rain during droughts.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
September 17, 2025
House DOGE Subcommittee hearing on weather modification
“When the wind doesn't blow, they don't make energy.”
— Donald Trump
October 23, 2012   •   Trump discussing the intermittency of wind generation. Wind output does vary with weather, which electrical grids manage using generation diversity, storage, transmission and other balancing mechanisms.
Scottish Parliament Committee Testimony
“When you show weakness anywhere, it affects strength everywhere.”
— Tim Scott
May 21, 2024   •   Scott criticizing Biden administration foreign policy during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee / Office of Senator Tim Scott
“Journalism in America is dead. It's buried.”
— Sean Hannity
May 25, 2021   •   Hannity criticizing media coverage of theories concerning the origin of COVID-19.
Fox News — Hannity
“One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear.”
— Donald Trump
February 27, 2020   •   Trump predicting that COVID-19 would disappear. COVID-19 subsequently caused a prolonged global pandemic.
White House Remarks
“Terrorists. That is fighting-age males. Terrorists. Those are armies.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
September 18, 2024   •   Greene was discussing migrants designated as special-interest aliens.
House Homeland Security Committee hearing
“The media has been complicit.”
— Ron Johnson
March 30, 2022   •   Johnson accusing news organizations of suppressing reporting concerning Hunter Biden.
Fox News / Office of Senator Ron Johnson
“The FCC should promote individual liberty.”
— Brendan Carr
October 3, 2026   •   Part of Carr's statement of principles for the FCC in Project 2025.
Project 2025 — Mandate for Leadership
“There was a lot of waste and fraud.”
— Elon Musk
December 1, 2025   •   Musk's characterization of federal spending encountered by DOGE.
Katie Miller Podcast / Reuters
“And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets' red glare, it had nothing but victory.”
— Donald Trump
July 4, 2019   •   Trump moved from discussing the Continental Army and Revolutionary War into Fort McHenry, which was attacked during the War of 1812.
White House — Salute to America
“I can't wait until it gets to the high court.”
— Jesse Watters
January 9, 2024   •   Watters discussing Trump's presidential-immunity appeal.
Fox News — The Five