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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“And we're going to be investigating this fraud.”
— Donald Trump
February 20, 2025   •   Trump characterizing the anomalous Social Security records as fraud. The existence of old or incomplete records by itself did not demonstrate fraudulent benefit payments.
Republican Governors Association Dinner
“It is a land of opportunity.”
— Tim Scott
May 22, 2023   •   Scott presenting opportunity as a central theme of his presidential campaign.
Tim Scott Presidential Campaign Announcement
“I want you to do me a favor, though.”
— Donald Trump
July 25, 2019   •   Commonly quoted rendering of Trump's request to Zelensky; retained separately because of its historical familiarity.
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“They think they're going to outlast us.”
— Marco Rubio
September 29, 2026   •   Rubio referring to members of Cuba's communist government whom he said expected to outlast pressure from the Trump administration.
Reuters / Fox News interview
“We all need to be storing up some ammunition.”
— Madison Cawthorn
August 29, 2021   •   Cawthorn made the remark while discussing the Second Amendment at a Republican event in Macon County, North Carolina.
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“If we don't change course, we're going to live in a world where much of what matters to us on a daily basis is going to depend on whether the Chinese allow us to have it or not.”
— Marco Rubio
January 15, 2025   •   Rubio warning about U.S. dependence on Chinese manufacturing and supply chains.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing
“The large preponderance of those who are protesting are peaceful demonstrators.”
— Bill Barr
June 4, 2020
Department of Justice
“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
“They have all but blacked out any positive news.”
— Sean Hannity
March 1, 2018   •   Hannity accusing mainstream television networks of giving insufficient coverage to positive economic developments under Trump.
Fox News — Hannity
“In every realm.”
— Marco Rubio
January 15, 2025   •   Rubio summarizing what he viewed as the breadth of strategic competition between the United States and China.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing / CBS News
“All of it caused by Joe Biden and his policies.”
— Sean Hannity
August 1, 2021   •   Hannity's attribution of border conditions to Biden administration policies.
Hannity / Fox News
“If it helps America, Biden will oppose it.”
— Newt Gingrich
May 1, 2021   •   Gingrich's sweeping political characterization of Biden administration policy.
Fox News — The Ingraham Angle
“They've never accepted the will of the people.”
— Jim Jordan
December 16, 2019   •   Jordan's characterization of Democratic opposition to Trump following the 2016 election.
Fox News — Fox & Friends
“I'm the only candidate running who's helped pass a national entitlement reform.”
— Newt Gingrich
September 29, 2011   •   Gingrich referring to welfare reform enacted during the Clinton administration.
PBS NewsHour
“But you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.”
— Donald Trump
August 15, 2017   •   Trump's widely quoted statement about Charlottesville. Important context: later in the same exchange Trump explicitly said he was not referring to neo-Nazis and white nationalists when he described "very fine people," instead referring to people he said were protesting over the Robert E. Lee statue.
Trump Tower Press Conference — Charlottesville Remarks
“It was my intention to bring divinity, and to bring God back into the Senate.”
— Jacob Chansley
October 8, 2026   •   Chansley explaining his actions in the Senate chamber.
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“I didn't take your homework assignment. I'm sorry.”
— Pam Bondi
January 15, 2025
Senate Judiciary Committee
“Alyssa looks like a genius.”
— Hope Hicks
January 6, 2021   •   Hicks referring to former White House communications official Alyssa Farah Griffin, who had resigned before January 6.
House January 6 Select Committee
“Washington isn't used to this.”
— Jesse Watters
October 3, 2026   •   Watters discussing the pace of actions during Trump's second administration.
Jesse Watters Primetime