Overview
- Commission chair and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced he removed Boller, accusing her of trying to hijack a Feb. 9 session on antisemitism for a personal political agenda.
- At the Museum of the Bible hearing in Washington, D.C., Boller wore a Palestinian flag pin and pressed witnesses on whether anti-Zionism constitutes antisemitism.
- Boller posted on X that the panel is President Trump’s commission, called Patrick’s move a gross overreach tied to a “Zionist political framework,” and vowed to attend the next hearing.
- Conservative Catholic leaders and pro-Israel commentators welcomed her removal and rejected her claims about Catholic teaching on Zionism.
- Jewish media critiques said her rhetoric, including “Christ is King” in this context and refusing to “bend the knee to Israel,” crossed from anti-Zionist argument into anti-Jewish libels.