- Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California USA 2009 and Miss USA 2009 runner-up, was removed from the White House Religious Liberty Commission by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who cited her attempts to "hijack a hearing for her own personal and political agenda" as the reason for her removal.
- Prejean Boller had faced calls for her resignation after wearing a Palestinian flag pin and defending right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, and she claims that her removal is due to her Catholic faith, stating "Can you even imagine this? A Religious Liberty Commission prepared to fire a commissioner for her Catholic faith?"
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the removal on X, stating that "No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue," and that the Commission will deliver a report on religious liberty to the President this spring, as reported by Raw Story.
JUSTICE MATTERS
Raw Story and other outlets covering the story of Carrie Prejean Boller's removal from the White House Religious Liberty Commission frame the event differently. While Raw Story quotes Prejean Boller's defense of herself, stating she was fired for her Catholic faith, other outlets like NPR do not cover the story at all, instead focusing on unrelated topics such as China's secret nuclear tests. This omission obscures the controversy surrounding Prejean Boller's removal and the potential implications for religious liberty, with Raw Story using phrases like "contentious hearing" and "Zionist agenda" to describe the events, while New York Times covers a separate story altogether, quoting no relevant information on the topic.
Cross-referenced with: NPR, New York Times
