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A searchable collection of documented public statements from people covered by the Kakistocracy Files.

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62 quotes from Ivanka Trump
“I am very vehemently against family separation.”
— Ivanka Trump
August 2, 2018   •   Ivanka publicly opposing the separation of parents and children under the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policy.
Axios News Shapers Interview
“I make it very clear where I stand on an issue.”
— Ivanka Trump
June 26, 2017   •   Ivanka discussing how she communicated disagreements to President Trump.
Fox & Friends Interview
“Much more importantly, that my father's administration is the success that I know it will be.”
— Ivanka Trump
April 5, 2017   •   Ivanka expressing confidence in her father's administration.
CBS This Morning Interview with Gayle King
“Where I agree, I fully lean in and support the agenda.”
— Ivanka Trump
April 5, 2017   •   Ivanka describing her approach to working in her father's administration.
CBS This Morning Interview with Gayle King
“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
“I would say not to conflate lack of public denouncement with silence.”
— Ivanka Trump
April 5, 2017   •   Ivanka responding to criticism that she did not publicly challenge her father's controversial statements and policies.
CBS This Morning Interview with Gayle King
“He has lived it.”
— Ivanka Trump
July 3, 2016   •   Ivanka arguing that Donald Trump's employment of women demonstrated his commitment to gender equality.
Sunday Times Interview
“There were very few who saw it early on.”
— Ivanka Trump
June 26, 2017   •   Ivanka discussing predictions surrounding her father's presidential campaign.
Fox & Friends Interview
“There is no argument on that fact.”
— Ivanka Trump
August 2, 2016   •   Ivanka emphasizing her view that Captain Humayun Khan was an American hero.
Fox News — On the Record with Greta Van Susteren
“People talk about gender equality.”
— Ivanka Trump
July 3, 2016   •   Ivanka discussing her father's record on women and employment.
Sunday Times Interview
“Sometimes we agree, sometimes we disagree.”
— Ivanka Trump
June 26, 2017   •   Ivanka discussing her advisory relationship with President Trump.
Fox & Friends Interview
“I do not plan to be involved in politics.”
— Ivanka Trump
November 15, 2022   •   Ivanka announcing her decision to step away from politics after serving in the Trump White House from 2017 through 2021.
Ivanka Trump Public Statement
“I love my father very much.”
— Ivanka Trump
November 15, 2022   •   Ivanka announcing that she would not participate in Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
Ivanka Trump Public Statement
“I leave the politics to other people.”
— Ivanka Trump
June 26, 2017   •   Ivanka distinguishing political strategy from policy work while serving as an assistant to the president.
Fox & Friends Interview
“I believe my father.”
— Ivanka Trump
February 25, 2018   •   Ivanka saying she believed Donald Trump's denials of sexual-misconduct allegations. Multiple women had publicly accused Donald Trump of misconduct; Trump denied the allegations.
NBC News Interview — PyeongChang Winter Olympics
“That was a low point for me as well.”
— Ivanka Trump
August 2, 2018   •   Ivanka describing the Trump administration's separation of migrant children from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Axios News Shapers Interview
“Where I disagree with my father, he knows it.”
— Ivanka Trump
April 5, 2017   •   Ivanka describing how she handled disagreements with President Trump.
CBS This Morning Interview with Gayle King
“No, I do not.”
— Ivanka Trump
August 2, 2018   •   Ivanka answering Axios co-founder Mike Allen's question asking whether she believed the media were "the enemy of the people," a phrase repeatedly used by her father about news organizations he considered hostile.
Axios News Shapers Interview
“There are areas where there is disagreement.”
— Ivanka Trump
June 26, 2017   •   Ivanka acknowledging that she and her father did not agree on every issue.
Fox & Friends Interview
“I think I have that right as a daughter to believe my father.”
— Ivanka Trump
February 25, 2018   •   Ivanka explaining her response to sexual-misconduct allegations against Donald Trump.
NBC News Interview — PyeongChang Winter Olympics