American Conservatives Take A Victory Lap After Brexit Vote

[DonViejo]

The U.K. voted on Thursday to leave the European Union, favoring a campaign driven by a groundswell of nationalist, anti-immigrant sentiments that don't look so different from those powering Donald Trump's campaign.

While the vote sparked a global economic panic and drove Prime Minister David Cameron to announce he would step down, it was cause for major celebration among some American conservatives.

Here are just a few of their responses:


National Review editor Rich Lowry

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@RichLowry

I love the smell of #Brexit in the morning
12:02 AM - 24 Jun 2016

210 210 Retweets 438 438 likes

RedState founder Erick Erickson

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How dare a sovereign nation decide to be a sovereign nation.
12:29 AM - 24 Jun 2016

630 630 Retweets 988 988 likes

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Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint

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@JimDeMint

#Brexit will be cause to celebrate on both sides of the Atlantic since it rebuilds Britain as a true global power.

9:38 PM - 23 Jun 2016
231 231 Retweets 294 294 likes

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[underpants]

1. I haven't seen Lowry this excited since Palin

They prove how bad an idea this was.

[orwell]

2. And yet so many here on DU...

...are giddy about the vote.

Politics makes strange bedfellows...

[LonePirate]

4. Yeah, it's frightening how many DUers seem to be pleased today regarding this issue.

Of course during primary season we had plenty of DUers posting items one would normally hear from the right wing in this country.

[Ohioblue22]

8. What's wrong with them leaving the e.u.?

[Iliyah]

3. So glad they will lose across board in November.

Sounds like the leaders of Brexit had no plan after the vote, oh well.

[tonyt53]

5. Well yeah, economics don't fit in their brains. The UK economy will be in the tank.

[TubbersUK]

6. Well there you go n/t

[roamer65]

7. This is very overblown on all sides.

Britain has been "odd man out" since they decided not to adopt the single currency.

There will be a free trade and immigration agreement between the EU and the UK.

If the Scots want to change their relationship with the UK, that's perfectly fine. Let them keep the pound if they want.

[HuckleB]

9. The fools will be fools.