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 am not going to give up on him.”
— Marco Rubio
March 10, 2016   •   Rubio discussing a supporter during the Miami Republican presidential debate.
CNN Republican presidential debate / The American Presidency Project
“If you're a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?”
— Charlie Kirk
December 8, 2022   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show during a discussion involving Brittney Griner and the prisoner exchange that returned her to the United States.
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“Decisions must be made with no regard to political pressure.”
— Bill Barr
July 28, 2020
House Judiciary Committee
“The biggest problem we have is nuclear.”
— Donald Trump
December 15, 2015   •   Trump identifying nuclear weapons as what he regarded as the world's greatest danger.
CNN Republican Presidential Debate
“The Democratic Party... now represents the interests of the most powerful corporations.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley's populist criticism of Democrats and corporate political influence.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“Affordability for American families.”
— Doug Burgum
February 3, 2025   •   Burgum connecting increased domestic energy production with consumer affordability.
U.S. Department of the Interior
“We have to take back the Panama Canal.”
— Donald Trump
February 20, 2025   •   Trump arguing that the United States should regain control of the Panama Canal.
Republican Governors Association Dinner
“We will use the full extent of federal law.”
— Pam Bondi
July 9, 2025   •   Discussing DOJ's challenge to California egg regulations.
U.S. Department of Justice
“Private sector innovation, not overreaching government regulation.”
— Doug Burgum
November 6, 2024   •   Burgum describing his preferred approach to economic policy.
North Dakota Office of the Governor
“Who loves this country and will fight for her.”
— Kimberly Guilfoyle
August 24, 2020   •   Guilfoyle describing Donald Trump during her RNC address.
Republican National Convention
“Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep.”
— Karoline Leavitt
November 12, 2025   •   Leavitt said this while stating that Trump had removed Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.
Reuters / White House briefing
“Now I know that doesn't mean too much to people of great religion.”
— Donald Trump
February 5, 2026   •   Trump acknowledging that his discussion of oil was an unusual digression during the National Prayer Breakfast.
National Prayer Breakfast
“Communist China steals American technology and intellectual property.”
— Rick Scott
March 11, 2021   •   Scott criticizing Chinese intellectual-property practices.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“My job is not to do that.”
— Corey Lewandowski
March 1, 2016   •   Lewandowski acknowledging that personally confronting disruptions at Trump rallies was not his responsibility as campaign manager.
Washington Post
“They were there to complain about an election.”
— Donald Trump
August 8, 2024   •   Trump describing participants in the January 6 demonstrations. A subset of attendees subsequently breached the Capitol, assaulted police and interfered with Congress's certification of the 2020 election.
Mar-a-Lago Press Conference
“Maybe Trump’s actually a dumbass.”
— Alex Jones
August 22, 2021   •   Jones attacking Trump over his support for COVID-19 vaccination.
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“What the MSM calls a ‘conspiracy theory’ is often nothing more than an amalgam of incentives hiding in plain sight.”
— Vivek Ramaswamy
January 29, 2024   •   Social-media post.
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“And so beautiful in so many different ways.”
— Donald Trump
April 13, 2024   •   Trump describing the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War.
Trump Campaign Rally — Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
“I am a genuine revolutionary.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 1990   •   Gingrich describing his approach to changing Congress and the political establishment.
PBS FRONTLINE archive