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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224 quotes from Lindsey Graham
“Count me out.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 6, 2021   •   Graham rejecting further efforts to block certification of the 2020 election.
Congressional Record
“Somebody that has solutions that will never work.”
— Lindsey Graham
February 25, 2016   •   Graham describing Trump.
Press remarks
“If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody could convict you.”
— Lindsey Graham
February 1, 2016   •   Graham making a joke about Cruz's unpopularity among fellow senators.
Washington Press Club Foundation Dinner
“It's all about getting him.”
— Lindsey Graham
August 28, 2022   •   Graham's characterization of investigations involving Trump.
Fox News — Sunday Night in America
“Ukraine is fighting the Russian invasion.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham supporting continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
Office of Senator Lindsey Graham
“If Al Gore could accept five-four he's not president, I can accept Wisconsin four to three.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 6, 2021   •   Graham comparing Trump's election litigation to the Supreme Court decision ending the 2000 Florida recount.
U.S. Senate Floor
“The Republican Party cannot grow without Donald Trump.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham arguing that Trump remained essential to the Republican coalition.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“All I can say is, count me out.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 6, 2021   •   Graham breaking with Trump's effort to challenge the certified 2020 presidential election after the Capitol attack.
U.S. Senate Floor
“I want him to win.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham expressing support for Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“This is going to destroy the country.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham warning about what he viewed as politically motivated prosecution of Trump.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“And you'd be absolutely right.”
— Lindsey Graham
March 10, 2016   •   Graham emphasizing that he should be held to his stated election-year Supreme Court standard.
Senate Judiciary Committee
“If this war escalates, it's coming to your backyard.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 1, 2023   •   Graham warning Iran against expanding the conflict through allied armed groups.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“This is a legal disaster in the making.”
— Lindsey Graham
March 1, 2023   •   Graham criticizing the Manhattan prosecution of Donald Trump.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“So much for all the judges being in Trump's pocket.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 6, 2021   •   Graham discussing a court ruling rejecting a Trump election challenge.
Congressional Record
“Let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.”
— Lindsey Graham
March 10, 2016   •   Graham's position regarding the 2016 Supreme Court vacancy.
Senate Judiciary Committee
“This sham process is the low point in the Senate for me.”
— Lindsey Graham
February 5, 2020   •   Graham's characterization of Trump's first impeachment.
U.S. Senate
“I think this thing will come to the Senate, and it will die quickly.”
— Lindsey Graham
December 1, 2019   •   Graham predicting Trump's acquittal in his first impeachment trial.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“Hit them hard.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 1, 2024   •   Graham advocating retaliation against Iran following the deaths of three U.S. service members.
Lindsey Graham public statement
“I think this whole thing is a crock.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham criticizing the first Trump impeachment.
Lindsey Graham media remarks