Who’s in Charge Here?

Not the people — nor, quite often, their elected representatives.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the EC headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 21, 2018.

Francois Walschaerts/Reuters

In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump was asked on many occasions whether he would “accept the results” of the election if he were to lose. Democrats and their media allies demanded that he make a solemn vow to “accept the results.” It was never entirely clear what anybody thought the alternative to acceptance was: Donald Trump’s raising a revolutionary army and marching on Washington like Francisco Franco breaking the Siege of the Alcázar?

Better that question should have been put to Theresa May.

Kevin D. Williamson

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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