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

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118 quotes from Steve Scalise
“He has so much compassion.”
— Steve Scalise
July 16, 2024   •   Scalise describing Donald Trump.
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“Energy security is national security.”
— Steve Scalise
October 3, 2026   •   Scalise advocating increased domestic energy production.
Steve Scalise congressional remarks
“Stop begging foreign dictators for oil.”
— Steve Scalise
October 3, 2026   •   Scalise criticizing Biden administration energy policy and advocating increased domestic production.
Steve Scalise congressional remarks
“The Capitol was overrun by anarchists and terrorists.”
— Steve Scalise
January 6, 2021   •   Scalise condemning the people who violently breached the U.S. Capitol while Congress was certifying the 2020 presidential election.
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“We need to lower the temperature.”
— Steve Scalise
January 1, 2021   •   Scalise calling for less inflammatory political rhetoric following January 6.
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“Let the investigation play out.”
— Steve Scalise
January 25, 2026   •   Scalise urging that investigators establish facts before political conclusions are reached.
CBS News — Face the Nation
“The border is not secure.”
— Steve Scalise
October 3, 2026   •   Scalise's assessment of conditions at the southern border during the Biden administration.
Steve Scalise congressional remarks
“Many of you know I was the survivor of a politically motivated shooting in 2017.”
— Steve Scalise
July 16, 2024   •   Scalise discussing the congressional baseball shooting during his 2024 RNC speech.
Republican National Convention
“I'm still angry after last week's events at the Capitol.”
— Steve Scalise
January 13, 2021   •   Scalise discussing the January 6 attack.
Fox News Opinion
“Joe Biden is going to be sworn in as president.”
— Steve Scalise
January 8, 2021   •   Scalise acknowledging the upcoming transfer of presidential power following the 2020 election.
Fox News — The Story
“Donald Trump was one of the first to come console my family at the hospital.”
— Steve Scalise
July 16, 2024   •   Scalise recalling Trump's visit after the 2017 congressional baseball shooting.
Republican National Convention
“Republicans are united strongly in working to open the government back up.”
— Steve Scalise
October 1, 2025   •   Scalise discussing congressional negotiations during a federal government shutdown.
Office of Congressman Steve Scalise
“We cut regulations for small businesses.”
— Steve Scalise
August 24, 2020   •   Scalise referring to deregulation undertaken during the Trump administration.
Republican National Convention
“The American people deserve accountability.”
— Steve Scalise
October 3, 2026   •   Scalise discussing congressional oversight of the Biden administration.
Steve Scalise congressional remarks
“Political violence is unacceptable.”
— Steve Scalise
October 3, 2026   •   Scalise discussing political violence, an issue on which he frequently references his own experience as a shooting survivor.
Steve Scalise public remarks
“The left seems to have targeted Donald Trump as a person.”
— Steve Scalise
July 14, 2024   •   Scalise's characterization of political rhetoric directed toward Trump.
Fox News — Fox & Friends Weekend
“They were there for my family in my darkest hours.”
— Steve Scalise
August 24, 2020   •   Scalise describing Donald and Melania Trump's support following the 2017 shooting.
Republican National Convention
“He is a caring, caring person.”
— Steve Scalise
July 16, 2024   •   Scalise describing Donald Trump based on Trump's interactions with his family after the 2017 shooting.
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