{"id":386737,"date":"2021-12-27T21:21:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T18:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-bush-aide-peter-wehner-slams-trump-jr-over-speech\/"},"modified":"2021-12-27T21:21:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T18:21:53","slug":"ex-bush-aide-peter-wehner-slams-trump-jr-over-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-bush-aide-peter-wehner-slams-trump-jr-over-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-Bush aide Peter Wehner slams Trump Jr. over speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ex-Bush aide Peter Wehner slams Trump Jr. over speech<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A former top speechwriter for President George W. Bush slammed Donald Trump Jr. this past weekend over a recent speech in which the former first son lamented that conservatives had \u201cceded ground in every major institution in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an op-ed published by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/12\/gospel-donald-trump-jr\/621122\/\">The Atlantic<\/a> Sunday, Peter Wehner took issue with Trump Jr.\u2019s Dec. 19 remarks at the America Fest Conference hosted by Turning Point USA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we get together, they cannot cancel us all. Okay? They won\u2019t. And this will be contrary to a lot of our beliefs because \u2014 I\u2019d love not to have to participate in cancel culture. I\u2019d love that it didn\u2019t exist,\u201d Trump Jr. said, according to Wehner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as long as it does, folks, we better be playing the same <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. Okay? We\u2019ve been playing tee-ball for half a century while they\u2019re playing hardball and cheating, right?\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019ve turned the other cheek, \u2014 and I understand, sort of, the biblical reference. I understand the mentality \u2014 but it\u2019s gotten us nothing. Okay? It\u2019s gotten us nothing while we\u2019ve ceded ground in every major institution in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"Peter Wehner.\" class=\"wp-image-20627554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Peter Wehner described Donald Trump Jr. as \u201cintensely un<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ealing and uninteresting.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ethics and Public Policy Center<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his op-ed, Wehner lambasted the 45th president\u2019s oldest son as \u201cintensely unappealing and uninteresting\u201d and \u201ca crude, one-dimensional figure who has done a remarkably good job of keeping from public view any redeeming qualities he might have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Wehner said he was calling attention to Trump Jr.\u2019s statements because they represented \u201ca message for the tens of millions of evangelicals who form the energized base of the GOP: the scriptures are essentially a manual for suckers. The teachings of Jesus have \u2018gotten us nothing.\u2019 It\u2019s worse than that, really; the ethic of Jesus has gotten in the way of successfully prosecuting the culture wars against the left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the ethic of Jesus encourages sensibilities that might cause people in politics to act a little less brutally, a bit more civilly, with a touch more grace?\u201d Wehner, who also worked in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, interpreted Trump Jr. as saying. \u201cThen it needs to go. Decency is for suckers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wehner theorized that this mentality, which he called the \u201cTrumpian ethic,\u201d has taken over the Republican Party. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=827\" alt=\"Don. Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-20627573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1654 1654w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1241 1240w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=827 827w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=414 413w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/donald-trump-jr-jesus-wehner-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\"\/><figcaption>Peter Wehner criticized Donald Trump Jr. and his father, former President Donald Trump, for the \u201cTrumpian ethic\u201d taking over the Republican Party.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Brian Cahn\/ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and his oldest son have become evangelists of a different kind,\u201d he wrote, adding that \u201cit would be naive and irresponsible to pretend that what we have seen since Donald Trump left office is the revivification of ethical standards and demands for moral excellence within the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Liz Cheney is more despised in the party than the crazed Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert, Jim Jordan, Madison Cawthorn, or Donald Trump Jr., you know that the GOP has lost its moral bearings,\u201d Wehner emphasized, adding that while he was sure many in the party would like to move on from Trump, \u201cthe Trump family and MAGA world won\u2019t let us. And they\u2019re playing for keeps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr. had no im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te response to Wehner\u2019s piece.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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