KAKISTOCRACY (noun) — Government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
In Their Own Words

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

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224 quotes from Lindsey Graham
“He's empowering the enemy.”
— Lindsey Graham
December 8, 2015   •   Graham argued Trump's proposed Muslim ban would aid extremist propaganda.
CNN — New Day
“She represents the third term of Barack Obama.”
— Lindsey Graham
May 9, 2016   •   Graham's characterization of Clinton's candidacy.
U.S. Senate
“I prayed he would lose.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 6, 2021   •   Graham discussing Biden.
Senate floor remarks
“I'm not going with him.”
— Lindsey Graham
May 6, 2016   •   Graham rejecting Trump's candidacy during the 2016 campaign.
Lindsey Graham public statement
“The best money we've ever spent.”
— Lindsey Graham
May 1, 2023   •   Graham discussing U.S. assistance to Ukraine during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russian officials later criticized the remark.
Public remarks in Kyiv
“I'll do everything I can to make it die quickly.”
— Lindsey Graham
December 14, 2019   •   Graham describing his preferred handling of Trump's first Senate impeachment trial.
CNN
“I've gotten to know him.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham discussing his relationship with Trump.
Public interview
“Ukraine has to win.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham advocating Ukrainian victory over Russia.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“They're fighting and dying so we don't have to.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham arguing that Ukrainian resistance weakens Russia without requiring U.S. troops to fight.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“I'm not going where Donald Trump is taking the party.”
— Lindsey Graham
May 6, 2016
CNN
“We haven't lost one soldier.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham arguing for continued U.S. military assistance to Ukraine because American troops were not directly fighting Russia.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“You can't nominate a nutjob and lose, and expect it doesn't have consequences.”
— Lindsey Graham
December 8, 2015   •   Graham criticizing Trump's candidacy.
CNN
“And we will deserve it.”
— Lindsey Graham
March 1, 2016   •   Graham discussing the possibility of Republicans nominating Trump.
CBS News
“This is sour grapes.”
— Lindsey Graham
February 5, 2020   •   Graham's characterization of Trump's first impeachment.
U.S. Senate
“I don't believe Donald Trump is a reliable conservative Republican.”
— Lindsey Graham
May 6, 2016
CNN
“He's just generally a loser as a person and a candidate.”
— Lindsey Graham
December 8, 2015   •   Graham's characterization of Trump during the 2016 Republican primary.
CNN
“He's a jackass.”
— Lindsey Graham
July 1, 2015   •   Graham describing Donald Trump after Trump criticized Senator John McCain's military service.
CNN
“Democrats have lost their minds when it comes to President Trump.”
— Lindsey Graham
September 25, 2019   •   Graham's political characterization of Democrats pursuing impeachment.
U.S. Senate
“I fear that, if he's our nominee, we lose the last best chance to get the White House.”
— Lindsey Graham
September 10, 2015   •   Graham's 2015 electoral prediction, preserved here as a historical statement rather than a current assessment.
CNN
“This is a lynching in every sense.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 1, 2019   •   Graham describing the first Trump impeachment inquiry. The analogy drew criticism because of the historical meaning of lynching in the United States.
Lindsey Graham media remarks