Peter Wehner

Peter Wehner is a former senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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The President Is Unraveling

Peter Wehner

Americans are facing not just a conventional presidential election in 2020 but also, and most important, a referendum on reality and epistemology.

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The Atlantic / May 5, 2020

The Party of the Aggrieved

Peter Wehner

Whether or not the Republican Party can recover from the Trump years depends in part on how the Trump story ends.

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The Atlantic / April 21, 2020

‘I Feel Like I’m Handing Out Life Jackets of Hope in a Sea of Despair.’

Peter Wehner

If Christians are wise, they will emerge from this pandemic as different and better people: more kind and generous, more able to mourn with those who mourn, more able to model how love can cast out fear.

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The New York Times / April 10, 2020

The President Is Trapped

Peter Wehner

The pain and hardship that the United States is only beginning to experience stem from a crisis that the president is utterly unsuited to deal with.

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The Atlantic / March 25, 2020

NIH Director: ‘We’re on an Exponential Curve’

Peter Wehner

Dr. Francis Collins speaks with EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner about the coronavirus, his faith, and an unusual friendship.

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The Atlantic / March 17, 2020

The Trump Presidency Is Over

Peter Wehner

It’s hard to name a president who has been as overwhelmed by a crisis as coronavirus has overwhelmed Donald Trump.

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The Atlantic / March 13, 2020

What Pete Buttigieg Understood

Peter Wehner

Pete Buttigieg faced too many obstacles to win the Democratic nomination in his first national race, but his remarkable rise is an indication that he tapped into the longings of an exhausted country.

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The Atlantic / March 2, 2020

A Profile in Courage

Peter Wehner

Senator Mitt Romney’s decision to vote to convict President Donald Trump is an extraordinary act.

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The Atlantic / February 5, 2020

The Downfall of the Republican Party

Peter Wehner

To see men and women who had a positive vision beaten down and broken by President Trump is a poignant thing.

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The Atlantic / February 2, 2020

There Is No Christian Case for Trump

Peter Wehner

Many of President Trump’s evangelical supporters have created a cartoonish image of the president, pretending that his character flaws are trivial and inconsequential, while his policy achievements put him near the top rank of American presidents.

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The Atlantic / January 30, 2020

Christmas Turns the World Upside Down

Peter Wehner

What does it mean for God’s power to be “made perfect in weakness”?

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The New York Times / December 24, 2019

White House Oral History: Peter Wehner

Peter Wehner

In an interview conducted by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner reflects on his early political and religious life, his observations regarding political conservatism, and his years of service in the George W. Bush White House.

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The Miller Center / December 13, 2019