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White House Religion Committee Member Sparks Outcry with Anti-Jewish Comments
Gov. Patrick removed Prejean Boller after she questioned if criticism of Israel is antisemitic and wore a Palestinian flag pin during a hearing on rising antisemitism, officials said.
- On Feb. 11, Gov. Dan Patrick announced Carrie Prejean Boller was removed from President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission after a Feb. 9 hearing where she clashed with Jewish American witnesses.
- Gov. Dan Patrick, commission chair, Texas, said `No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue,` after a Feb. 9 hearing involving Prejean Boller wearing a Palestinian-flag pin.
- At the Feb. 11 hearing, Jewish American students and rabbis described rising antisemitism, citing 9,354 incidents last year recorded by the ADL.
- The White House did not comment when asked, and the commission is due to deliver a major report to President Trump this spring, raising the stakes after the controversy.
- Since the Second Vatican Council, Father Thomas Ferguson and Catholic Church leaders have cited Nostra Aetate to reject antisemitism, while witnesses warned that accusing Jewish Americans of divided loyalty fuels antisemitic tropes.
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Conservative Activist Booted From Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
Evan Vucci/APA conservative activist was removed Wednesday from President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who serves as the commission’s chair, announced on X.The move came after a contentious commission meeting that Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California and Catholic activist, was accused of hijacking to push pro-Palestine views and raise questions about the group’s definition of antisemitism.“N…
White House Religious Liberty Panel Member Decries ‘Zionist Supremacy,’ Vows Not to Resign Despite Backlash
Carrie Prejean Boller speaks during a White House Religious Liberty Commission hearing on Feb. 9, 2026. Photo: Screenshot Carrie Prejean Boller, a member of the White House Religious Liberty Commission, has vowed to combat so-called “Zionist supremacy” in the United States, sparking fresh outrage amid ongoing furor over her recent comments condemning the Jewish state and defending antisemitic podcaster Candace Owens. “I will continue to stand ag…
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