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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5728 quotes
“We have to get spending under control.”
— Steve Scalise
October 3, 2026   •   Scalise discussing federal deficits and debt.
Steve Scalise congressional remarks
“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
“We're going to protect the people of New Jersey.”
— Alina Habba
October 3, 2026   •   Habba discussing the mission of the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Alina Habba public remarks
“All he has done is won a campaign.”
— Alina Habba
February 16, 2024   •   Habba portraying Trump's legal problems as retaliation for his political success.
Fox News — Hannity
“Placing our core national interest above all else is not isolationism.”
— Marco Rubio
January 15, 2025   •   Rubio defending an America First approach to foreign policy during his confirmation hearing.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee — confirmation testimony
“These monopoly powers control our speech.”
— Josh Hawley
October 3, 2026   •   Hawley criticizing dominant technology and media companies.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley
“No outside influence of any kind was brought to bear.”
— James Comey
July 5, 2016
FBI
“A new regime, if you will.”
— Russell Vought
October 3, 2026   •   Vought was describing what he considered a political and constitutional transformation of the federal government.
ProPublica / Documented
“They're just as dishonest as anybody else.”
— Corey Lewandowski
September 17, 2019   •   Lewandowski explaining why he believed he had no obligation to give truthful answers during media interviews.
House Judiciary Committee
“We have to take power away from the bureaucracy.”
— Russell Vought
October 3, 2026
Public remarks
“The country is deeply frustrated.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 2026
Public commentary
“This is about control.”
— Jesse Watters
July 31, 2021   •   Watters' characterization of renewed pandemic restrictions.
Fox News — Watters' World
“Why is it we only take people from shithole countries?”
— Donald Trump
December 9, 2025   •   Trump publicly recounting and confirming language he said he used during a private January 2018 immigration meeting with senators. In 2018 Trump had disputed reports about his exact wording.
Trump Speech — Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
“2020 was a lie.”
— Jesse Watters
June 12, 2021   •   Watters opened a Watters' World monologue by arguing that several major media narratives from 2020 had subsequently been undermined or challenged.
Fox News — Watters' World
“Nobody in recent years has faced more bullets and more violence than President Trump.”
— Karoline Leavitt
April 27, 2026   •   Leavitt spoke following another attempted attack involving Trump. The comparative characterization was hers.
Reuters / White House briefing
“Common sense makes common ground.”
— Tim Scott
April 28, 2021   •   Scott discussing voter identification and early voting.
Republican Response to President Biden's Joint Address
“Use EU law to force American companies to censor American speech.”
— Jim Jordan
September 10, 2024   •   Jordan describing a concern underlying his inquiry into European Union regulation of X and other online platforms.
House Judiciary Committee
“We are the most compassionate, capable, courageous people on the planet.”
— Tim Scott
June 1, 2021   •   Scott describing Americans while discussing what he would say in his own State of the Union address.
Fox News / Office of Senator Tim Scott
“The American people have had enough.”
— Rick Scott
October 13, 2021   •   Scott criticizing Biden administration economic policies.
Office of Senator Rick Scott