A former Miss California has accused Donald Trump of betraying his most loyal supporters after being fired from a White House religious post over her comments on Israel.
Carrie Prejean Boller was sacked from the Justice Department’s Religious Liberty Commission after ‘hijacking’ a February 9 hearing examining the rise of anti-Semitism.
Prejean Boller engaged in tense exchanges with Jewish witnesses, including rabbis and students, who were giving evidence about abuse they had suffered after the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas which left 1,200 dead.
The 38-year-old, who is married to former NFL quarterback Kyle Boller, published an open letter to Trump on Thursday, claiming that he was surrounded by ‘heretics’ who supported Israel over America.
She reminded the President that it was he who had defended her when, at 21 years old, she ignited a national firestorm at the Miss USA pageant by declaring that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Trump owned the pageant at the time and defended her right to free speech, letting her keep her crown.
‘I have not changed one bit since the day you stood beside me in 2009. That is why it is so shocking to now be removed from a Religious Liberty Commission for doing the very same thing you once defended,’ Prejean Boller wrote.
The mother-of-two accused Trump’s evangelical spiritual adviser Paula White of launching a ‘witch hunt’ against her, claiming she had attempted to ban her from posting on social media about Israel and Gaza.
Prejean Boller lashed Trump for retreating from his non-interventionist principles, saying she had supported him for 20 years but ‘now, I don’t even recognize you.’
President Donald Trump poses for photos before delivering remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission, Monday, September 8, 2025, at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC
Donald Trump kisses Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, and Miss California at a press conference at Trump Tower on May 12, 2009
Miss USA 2009 1st runner up Carrie Prejean poses for photos at the 2009 Miss USA Pageant at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on April 19, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada
President Donald Trump with the Religious Liberty Commission, Monday, September 8, 2025, at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC
‘The MAGA I knew would never allow American troops to die for a foreign government,’ Prejean Boller wrote, referring to the Israel-backed war in Iran which has killed seven US service members since it began two weeks ago.
‘America’s sons and daughters are being sent to the Middle East to be sacrificed at the altar of heresy and false prophecy.’
She said that she had a duty to speak out against the war in Gaza as ‘my Christian faith does not allow me to ignore human suffering … while the United States and my tax dollars are paying for it.’
Prejean Boller responded to claims that she had hijacked the hearing by insisting that she had asked legitimate questions about whether Israel was beyond criticism.
‘I did exactly what commissioners are supposed to do. I asked questions,’ she wrote.
‘I thought MAGA was putting America first, not Israel. Today, I struggle to recognize the movement you started. It appears to have been hijacked by a foreign government and religious zealots attempting to fulfill their heretical end times fantasy.’
Prejean Boller concluded her letter by saying she would pray for Trump’s salvation.
‘Your eternal legacy is dependent on you entering the Kingdom of heaven, and I sure hope that one day, I will see you there,’ she wrote.
Carrie Prejean Boller with Bishop Robert Barron (right) and Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Trump’s spiritual adviser Paula White (red jacket) stands in the background with another woman
Prejean Boller and Donald Trump in the Oval Office
Carrie Prejean Boller was sacked from the Justice Department’s Religious Liberty Commission after ‘hijacking’ a February 9 hearing to examine the rise of anti-Semitism
Prejean Boller in the White House briefing room
Conservatives, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and General Mike Flynn praised Prejean Boller for her letter.
‘Agree with Americans’ right to question an influential country’s leadership decisions or not, censoring citizens’ concerns is… well… concerning,’ Palin posted on X.
Flynn called it a ‘powerful and very honest letter’ and said that it reflected ‘the thoughtful and powerful sentiment of someone who stands for her faith.’
Religious Liberty Commission chair and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said last month she had ‘hijacked’ the hearing on anti-Semitism for ‘her own personal and political agenda.’
She grilled witnesses about Israel, including questioning whether someone who viewed the killing in Gaza as ‘genocide’ should be treated as anti-Semitic.
More than 70,000 people have been killed in Gaza, the vast majority of them civilians.
Prejean Boller also asked: ‘Catholics do not embrace Zionism, just so you know. So are all Catholics anti-Semites?’
The Vatican formally recognized the state of Israel in 1993, but it rejects the Christian Zionist claim that Israel constitutes a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.
Christian Zionism, which is primarily associated with Protestant evangelicalism, holds that the return of the Jewish people to the Holy Land and the establishment of a Jewish state are prophetic.
During the hearing, Prejean Boller sparred with Seth Dillon, CEO of conservative satire website The Babylon Bee, after he criticized commentators such as Candace Owens.
Prejean Boller argued that Owens was not an anti-Semite, to which Dillon replied: ‘You should look up more of her statements.’
Prejean Boller at a Catholic church
Miss California Carrie Prejean competes during the 2009 Miss USA Pageant Sunday April 19, 2009 at The Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas
Owens split with The Daily Wire in early 2024 after falling out with co-founder Ben Shapiro over her rhetoric on the war in Gaza, and has since faced accusations of promoting anti-Semitic tropes.
Owens, who is Catholic, insists her positions reflect an ‘America First’ isolationism grounded in her Christian faith.
Prejean Boller said that she listens to Owens on a daily basis.
The Religious Liberty Commission was established by Trump by executive order on May 1, 2025, and is housed within the Justice Department.
Its remit is to advise the White House on religious liberty policy, identify threats to domestic religious freedom and recommend steps to protect it, with Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick appointed as chair and ex-Housing Secretary Dr. Ben Carson as vice chair.
The Daily Mail has contacted the White House for comment.
