(Richmond Times-Dispatch)—Former Virginia Gov. George Allen hates tariffs — he calls them “import taxes” — and loves the United States Constitution.
Those convictions have put the conservative Republican on a collision course with President Donald Trump over tariffs that the populist president imposed unilaterally on all U.S. trading partners. Trump based his action on a national emergency that Allen — like Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, another former Virginia governor — says doesn’t exist.
Allen served as governor from 1994 to 1998 and served one term in the U.S. Senate, losing his seat to Democrat Jim Webb in 2006. After Webb chose not to seek a second term, Allen lost a comeback bid to Kaine in 2012.
Allen has joined a coalition of…
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