Disaffection with politics as usual has once again upended the old order, and the Conservative Party victory in the British election shows that such sentiment is here to stay. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a majority in the House of Commons, and it now appears that Brexit will finally happen. This win is sure to have implications for the American election next year.

Remember when Paul Krugman predicted a global economic recession with no end in sight?

Much has been made in the media about uncertainty regarding our nation’s trade policy. Stories of those harmed by the trade tensions between the United States and China, as well as by the tensions between the U.S. and its North American neighbors, permeate the news cycles. Most of this uncertainty is blamed on President Trump’s confrontational negotiating style.

Last week, as the House began open hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings in Ukraine, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was flanked by several large posters, one of which read: “I’m concerned if we don’t impeach the president, he will get reelected.”

In the aftermath of the costly victory at Shiloh in 1862, career bureaucrats in Washington called for the removal of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. President Abraham Lincoln responded, “I can’t spare this man; he fights.” Our first Republican president had the fortitude to stick with it when it counts, and he wanted generals such as Grant, who did the same. Union leadership at the start of the Civil War was gun-shy and inept, but names such as Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan changed that.

Democrats have been challenging the legitimacy of the election by any means available to them since their loss in 2016. In doing so, they are depriving the American people of the president that they chose in a fair and open election. Wednesday’s hearing by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence was nothing more than a partisan charade that undermined the credibility of Congress.