🚨 Eyewitness POV
(🧵1 of 4)
Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Commission on Religious Liberty by Commission Chair Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick
I was sitting directly in front of her during the hearing. The aggressive questioning of witnesses was obvious to everyone in the room, including engagements with @sethdillon and @ShabbosK
—A clear example was her exchange in this video with @ShabbosK. He handled himself with professionalism, clarity, and strength. 🔗(1 of 4)
(🧵1 of 4)
Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Commission on Religious Liberty by Commission Chair Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick
I was sitting directly in front of her during the hearing. The aggressive questioning of witnesses was obvious to everyone in the room, including engagements with @sethdillon and @ShabbosK
—A clear example was her exchange in this video with @ShabbosK. He handled himself with professionalism, clarity, and strength. 🔗(1 of 4)
It felt like an off-topic interrogation of distinguished individuals who came to share how their religious liberties had been violated—not a focused discussion on protecting those freedoms.
🧵 3/4
Watching personal agendas take over—including pointed engagements with Jewish witnesses while she wore a lapel pin and a combo Palestinian/USA flag pin was visible—was deeply troubling.
In my view, this was a clear departure from the vital work President Trump assigned to the Commission.
Watching personal agendas take over—including pointed engagements with Jewish witnesses while she wore a lapel pin and a combo Palestinian/USA flag pin was visible—was deeply troubling.
In my view, this was a clear departure from the vital work President Trump assigned to the Commission.
🧵 4/4
All of it was unfortunate and undermined the mission.
Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick’s full statement below 👇
“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 hearing on antisemitism in America. This was my decision.
The Commission has done outstanding work through five hearings. Two more are scheduled. The testimony has been both illuminating and heartbreaking. Under the Biden Administration, Americans of all faiths had their religious liberty not only stolen from them but were often punished for standing up for their faith, in education, the military, the private sector, and even the ministry.
This spring, the Commission will deliver one of the most important reports in American history directly to the President.
The President respects all faiths. He believes that all Americans have a right to receive the great inheritance given to them by our founding fathers in the First Amendment.
I am grateful to President Trump for having the vision and boldness to create this Commission. Fighting for the Word of God and religious freedom is what this nation was founded upon. Leading this fight will be one of his greatest legacies.”
Dan Patrick
Lt. Governor of Texas
Chair of the President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
All of it was unfortunate and undermined the mission.
Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick’s full statement below 👇
“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 hearing on antisemitism in America. This was my decision.
The Commission has done outstanding work through five hearings. Two more are scheduled. The testimony has been both illuminating and heartbreaking. Under the Biden Administration, Americans of all faiths had their religious liberty not only stolen from them but were often punished for standing up for their faith, in education, the military, the private sector, and even the ministry.
This spring, the Commission will deliver one of the most important reports in American history directly to the President.
The President respects all faiths. He believes that all Americans have a right to receive the great inheritance given to them by our founding fathers in the First Amendment.
I am grateful to President Trump for having the vision and boldness to create this Commission. Fighting for the Word of God and religious freedom is what this nation was founded upon. Leading this fight will be one of his greatest legacies.”
Dan Patrick
Lt. Governor of Texas
Chair of the President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
