“The federal government has provoked Virginians and Americans. The federal government has forgotten its limits, and we must exercise our right and duty to change it at the ballot box this fall.” The quote is not from a candidate for this year’s midterms. Instead, former Governor of Virginia George F. Allen made the remarks at the Virginia Republican Convention held at the Richmond Coliseum in June 1994. “They have forgotten the principles and spirit of [Patrick] Henry and [Thomas] Jefferson and the honor of George Washington, and they have forgotten that their power is derived from the consent of the people,” he continued. “So let’s take back our life, liberty, and property from the federal bureaucrats and the Congress!” he continued. What Allen advocated almost 30 years ago is finding renewed traction in pandemic-hit America, where many are concerned about government overreach exercised in the name of public health and …