16 Facts About Peter Wehner

Peter Hermann Wehner was born on February 10,1961 and is an American writer and former speechwriter for the administrations of three Republican US presidents.

Peter Wehner is a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum.

Peter Wehner was born in Dallas, Texas, to Ingeborg and Alfred Peter Wehner.

Peter Wehner grew up in Richland, Washington, and attended Hanford High School.

Peter Wehner was a speechwriter for Secretary of Education William Bennett before becoming special assistant to the director at the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Peter Wehner was then executive director for policy for Empower America, a conservative group that Bennett, Jack Kemp, and Jeane Kirkpatrick founded.

Peter Wehner has served as an advisor to several presidential campaigns.

Peter Wehner is considered a leading conservative critic of Donald Trump.

Peter Wehner's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Commentary, Christianity Today, the Financial Times, National Affairs, Politico, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Weekly Standard.

Peter Wehner has appeared on many cable news channels, C-SPAN, and talk radio.

Peter Wehner became a contributing editor at The Atlantic and contributing op-ed writer at The New York Times in 2015.

Peter Wehner supported the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, but later criticized the subsequent US war strategy.

Peter Wehner was a "vocal critic of the Obama administration", contending that President Barack Obama has "undermined America's moral self-confidence".

Peter Wehner opposes the view that "the Sermon on the Mount is a political philosophy" and says that "often Christians make the mistake of assuming the words of Christ and the individual commands, or commands that apply to individuals, apply to governments as well".

Peter Wehner argues that evangelicals' "support for Trump comes at a high cost for Christian witness".

Peter Wehner joined many Republican figures who announced that they would not vote for Trump.