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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“We will continue to work closely with every member of this Task Force.”
— Pam Bondi
April 22, 2025
U.S. Department of Justice
“I’m the least racist person you have ever interviewed.”
— Donald Trump
January 14, 2018   •   Remarks to reporters after controversy over immigration comments.
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“This is sour grapes.”
— Lindsey Graham
February 5, 2020   •   Graham's characterization of Trump's first impeachment.
U.S. Senate
“The first thing we need to do is to build a wall.”
— Corey Lewandowski
March 1, 2016   •   Lewandowski discussing Trump's immigration platform during the 2016 campaign.
CNN
“I can just see the great General George Patton spinning in his grave.”
— Donald Trump
September 7, 2016   •   Trump invoking General George Patton while criticizing the campaign against ISIS.
NBC Commander-in-Chief Forum
“Vice President Pence, what they're asking you to do, you won't do because you can't.”
— Lindsey Graham
January 6, 2021   •   Graham rejecting the claim that Pence could unilaterally reject electoral votes.
Congressional Record
“So I am.”
— Josh Hawley
July 8, 2024   •   Hawley explicitly embracing his description of America as a Christian nation.
Office of Senator Josh Hawley / National Conservatism Conference
“President Trump should have denounced the attack unequivocally as it was taking place.”
— Steve Scalise
January 13, 2021   •   Scalise criticizing Trump's response while the January 6 Capitol attack was underway.
Fox News Opinion
“I don't care about the economics at all.”
— Elon Musk
April 1, 2022   •   Musk discussing his interest in acquiring Twitter.
TED2022
“We need to prevent the next pandemic.”
— James Comer
October 3, 2026   •   Comer discussing congressional investigation of COVID-19 origins and gain-of-function research.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
“Keep up that fight. Bring it to your schools.”
— Donald Trump Jr.
February 11, 2019   •   Said to young conservatives at a Trump rally in El Paso immediately before his remark attacking “loser teachers.”
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“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
“I was just so naive.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
December 1, 2025   •   Discussing her earlier belief in Donald Trump's political message.
New York Times interview, reported by The Guardian
“If you give a kid shot after shot after shot, you're going to have vaccine injuries.”
— Stephen Miller
August 10, 2026   •   At a White House event on vaccination schedules, arguing for changes to childhood vaccination practices.
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“There is nobody that feels stronger about the intelligence community and the CIA than Donald Trump.”
— Donald Trump
January 21, 2017   •   Remarks at CIA headquarters.
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“I don't have a stone-cold heart.”
— Elon Musk
April 1, 2022
TED2022
“I'm not here to do your homework and study for you.”
— Pam Bondi
January 15, 2025   •   Said to Sen. Alex Padilla during her confirmation hearing.
Senate Judiciary Committee
“I reinvented electric cars and I'm sending people to Mars in a rocket ship.”
— Elon Musk
May 8, 2021
Saturday Night Live monologue
“We know what time it is.”
— Russell Vought
October 3, 2026   •   Vought discussing the conservative movement's preparations for a future administration.
Project 2025 / Heritage Foundation
“One that ends the funding of our decline.”
— Russell Vought
May 2, 2025   •   Vought's political characterization of the Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal.
White House / Office of Management and Budget