Activist Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from the White House Religious Liberty Commission after a contentious hearing on antisemitism, commission chair Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday.

Dan Patrick, who leads the commission, said Prejean Boller “hijacked” the panel’s first public hearing on antisemitism, turning the session into a personal and political debate rather than a focus on the experiences of Jewish witnesses. Patrick wrote on social media, “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 hearing on antisemitism in America. This was my decision.”

During the hearing, Prejean Boller questioned Jewish witnesses about whether they would consider her antisemitic for holding religious views, such as believing Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus, and for not embracing Zionism. She also defended commentator Candace Owens, who has shared several antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Prejean Boller first gained national attention in 2009 after being stripped of her Miss California title following a sex tape and controversial statements in which she said marriage should be between a man and a woman. She returned to politics in 2020 as a member of President Donald Trump’s campaign advisory board and has cultivated a social media following for opposing mask mandates and criticizing transgender women and girls competing in female sports. She converted to Catholicism in 2025.

The White House, which appointed Prejean Boller to the commission last year, has not commented on her removal or the events of the hearing.