Amazingly, I agree with both former Governor/Senator George “Felix Macacawitz” Allen and with former Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (a Trump-supporting conservative Republican) on this. But again, I can’t help but noting that *both these guys voted for Trump*, despite knowing full well what Trump would do on tariffs, democracy, and many other things – treatment of our allies, NATO, Ukraine, etc. – where traditional conservatives would have been, and still should be, utterly AGHAST.
So how did the George Allens and Bill Bollings of the world end up supporting Trump, despite all these major disqualifiers? Basically, it seems that they falsely demonized Democrats in general, and Kamala Harris specifically, as some sort of socialists/commies, while hyping the threat of an “invasion” by “illegals,” etc. In other words, racism/xenophobia/misogyny/etc. won out over their supposed rock-solid conservative values (“free markets?” “free peoples?” “free expression?” whatever!). Truly disgusting. Anyway, with that, here’s the latest from self-professed conservative Republicans George Allen and Bill Bolling, this time on Trump’s massive tax increases…
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OK, let’s talk about someting other than John Reid today.
Here’s an interesting article from yesterday’s Richmond Times Dispatch, outlining former U.S. Senator George Allen’s opposition to President Trump’s tariff policy.
Needless to say, Allen is right. Tariffs are nothing more than indirect taxation on our own people, and he objects to the President, any President, trying to impose such taxation by Executive Order, as opposed to an act of Congress.
Allen has joined a coalition of conservatives — constitutional scholars and lawyers, a former U.S. attorney general and two other former members of the U.S. Senate — in support of a lawsuit the Liberty Justice Center filed this month on behalf of five companies. They say Trump’s tariffs have put their businesses in jeopardy by raising their costs without representation in Congress.
“I’ve taken a stand and it’s one I feel very strongly about,” Allen said in a recent interview. “If you want to preserve the Republic, you need to preserve the Constitution.”
Allen contends the country faces a greater threat from what he called “taxation by proclamation,” echoing the Founding Fathers’ opposition to “taxation without representation” under British King George III.
Conservatives, on principle, “are not for taxes,” he said, “but it you’re going to have taxes they ought to be enacted by the legislative body to hold them accountable, not by the executive.”
“The members of Congress ought to get off their haunches and assert their authority, and not have it usurped by executive proclamation,” Allen said.
You go George!
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