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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“He slugged 'em.”
— Donald Trump
June 3, 2016   •   Trump continuing his account of a physical altercation at a previous campaign rally.
Trump Campaign Rally — Redding, California
“No, I do not.”
— Ivanka Trump
August 2, 2018   •   Ivanka answering Axios co-founder Mike Allen's question asking whether she believed the media were "the enemy of the people," a phrase repeatedly used by her father about news organizations he considered hostile.
Axios News Shapers Interview
“I saw the bravest people I've ever seen.”
— Donald Trump
April 18, 2016   •   Trump praising September 11 first responders during his Buffalo rally.
Trump Campaign Rally — Buffalo, New York
“We will come hard.”
— Alina Habba
February 16, 2024   •   Habba discussing continued legal and political opposition to Trump's prosecutors and critics.
Fox News — Hannity
“I'm sending people to Mars in a rocket ship.”
— Elon Musk
May 8, 2021
Saturday Night Live monologue
“The guy has gotten too far.”
— Anthony Scaramucci
August 13, 2019   •   Scaramucci explaining his break with Trump.
CNN Tonight
“The answer is yes, the baby would be delivered.”
— Charlie Kirk
September 8, 2024   •   On Jubilee's Surrounded, answering whether he would oppose abortion if his hypothetical 10-year-old daughter became pregnant through rape.
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“Nobody is going to get away with wrongdoing if they're working for the United States government.”
— Chuck Grassley
August 2, 2025   •   Grassley describing the purpose of congressional oversight.
Office of Senator Chuck Grassley
“Courageous under fire.”
— Steve Scalise
July 16, 2024   •   Scalise describing Trump following the July 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Republican National Convention
“The large preponderance of those who are protesting are peaceful demonstrators.”
— Bill Barr
June 4, 2020
Department of Justice
“Second provide resources to Israel.”
— Tim Scott
February 13, 2024   •   Scott listing his priorities for a national-security supplemental bill.
Office of Senator Tim Scott
“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
“I can't go there with Donald.”
— Lindsey Graham
May 6, 2016   •   Graham explaining why he would not support Trump in the 2016 general election.
CNN
“We live clean lives, Sean.”
— Eric Trump
June 1, 2021   •   Eric contrasting himself and his family with Hunter Biden while discussing legal and political scrutiny of the Trump family.
Fox News — Hannity
“Attack, attack, attack — never defend.”
— Roger Stone
October 3, 2026   •   One of Stone's political rules, quoted in a New Yorker profile.
The New Yorker
“Jack Smith only targets Republicans.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
July 18, 2023   •   PolitiFact rated the claim False.
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“It's not enough just to be angry.”
— Marco Rubio
January 27, 2016   •   Rubio arguing that Republican candidates needed policy proposals in addition to voter anger.
The American Presidency Project — Rubio campaign remarks
“Yes, I'm very embarrassed by it.”
— Donald Trump
October 9, 2016   •   Trump discussing the Access Hollywood recording during the presidential debate.
Second Presidential Debate — St. Louis, Missouri