Former Miss California turned conservative activist Carrie Prejean Boller was removed from the Religious Liberty Commission on Wednesday — two days after a contentious hearing in which she revived the deicide charge against Jews, challenged the premise that anti-Zionism constituted antisemitism, and defended disgraced political commentator Candace Owens.
The Religious Liberty Commission was established by President Donald Trump in May 2025 to advise the White House Faith Office and the Domestic Policy Council on religious liberty policies of the United States.
Monday’s hearing in Washington, D.C. — the fifth gathering of the federal body — was convened specifically to address “religious liberty issues related to antisemitism,” with commissioners hearing testimony from Jewish students, communal leaders, and organizational representatives about the current state of Jew-hatred in America, particularly in the aftermath of the October 7th massacre.
However, Prejean Boller quickly seized the opportunity to sow discord. Citing her faith as the motive for her opposition to the State of Israel, Prejean Boller — who converted to Catholicism last year — posited, “Catholics do not embrace Zionism, just so you know. So are all Catholics antisemites?”
She also asked if “speaking out about what many Americans view as a genocide in Gaza should be treated as antisemitic?”
Later in the hearing, Prejean Boller reiterated her belief that “Jews killed Jesus,” and questioned whether social media sites would be pressured to ban Bible passages that include the deicide charge.
Despite Prejean Boller’s remarks, the Catholic Church formally rejected collective Jewish guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus in 1965 through the Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on relations with non-Christian religions.
Furthermore, Prejean Boller urged critics to stop labeling Owens an antisemite, arguing she “just doesn’t support Zionism” — ignoring Owens’ lengthy record of blatant and vehement antisemitic commentary. Among other examples, Owens has promoted a book attacking the Talmud, amplified false claims about Jewish involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, and questioned established facts about the Holocaust. She has also repeated defamatory allegations about Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager lynched in Georgia in 1915.
Following Monday’s hearing, Prejean Boller further escalated her rhetoric online, describing her stance in a post on X as a “matter of Catholic conscience” and saying she would not surrender her “religious liberty” to “Zionist supremacy.” She later declared she would not be “a slave to a foreign nation.”
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick — chairman of the Religious Liberty Commission — announced Prejean Boller’s removal on Wednesday. “No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda,” Patrick wrote. “This is clearly, without question, what happened.”
Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue. This is clearly, without question, what happened Monday in our…
— Dan Patrick (@DanPatrick) February 11, 2026
Watch the Fifth Hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission in full below:
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