Carrie Prejean Boller, former Miss California USA 2009 and a Miss USA 2009 runner-up, is facing calls for her firing Tuesday after a “contentious” meeting of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, which she sits on as a board member.

Prejean has long been an ally to Trump, being tapped by the president to serve on his Campaign Advisory Board in 2020, and selected to serve on the Religious Liberty Commission last year. On Monday, however, the commission held a public hearing in Washington, D.C. on antisemitism that saw Prejean accuse speakers of defining antisemitism too broadly.

While no reporting yet exists that Prejean faces termination, she took to social media Tuesday to push back at potential efforts to force her removal from the commission.

“Can you even imagine this? A Religious Liberty Commission prepared to fire a commissioner for her Catholic faith?” Prejean wrote Tuesday in a social media post on X. “If that happens, it proves their mission was never religious liberty, but a Zionist agenda. I refuse to resign.”

Laura Loomer, a self-described “proud Islamophobe” and close Trump ally, warned Prejean that she had already sealed her fate with her comments during the commission’s public hearing, and championed what she predicted would be her quick removal.

“You’re not going to be given the opportunity to resign,” Loomer wrote in response to Prejean’s social media post. “You’re going to be FIRED. And rightfully so.”

During the public hearing, Prejean had also reportedly defended right-wing influencer Candace Owens against accusations that she was antisemitic. Owens has previously referred to Judaism as a “pedophile-centric religion,” according to The Jerusalem Post. Prejean was also accused of sporting a Palestinian flag pin, prompting other MAGA supporters to criticize the former beauty pageant star.

“The issue is you're pacing around like a crazed lunatic, waiting for a Candace Owens podcast, who has done nothing but terrorize a widow, Erika Kirk,” wrote X user “J,” a self-described “3X Trump voter” with nearly 20,000 followers.

“You lack good judgment and discernment. Someone that should not be representing anything in the administration. Then you have a Palestine flag pin where Hamas took American hostages. Again, lack of good judgment and discernment.”

After getting a tongue-lashing from a Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday, the acting director of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency made no effort to endorse the stewardship of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem when given an opportunity.

Appearing at a House Oversight Committee hearing that was nationally televised, Todd Lyons was grilled by Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY) about the deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of DHS agents, which then led the Democratic lawmaker to state, “In America, we shouldn't have secret police. We shouldn't have masked government agents executing citizens in the streets. The Constitution does not give your agency the right to hide their faces while they kill Americans.”

“Will you commit yes or no to immediately unmasking every agent, conducting immigration enforcement and requiring them to wear standard uniforms with identifiable badges?” he pressed.

“No,” Lyons shot back.

Well, that's a sad response,” Kennedy lectured. “Your answer is completely unacceptable. People who are proud of what they do aren't hiding their identity. We're a nation of laws. And you, your boss, Secretary Noem and Donald Trump are not above the law.”

Pressing the ICE official further, Kennedy asked, “The American people are angry, and they're demanding accountability and justice from those giving the orders. Mr. Lyons, yes or no? Do you believe that Secretary Noem should resign?”‘

I'm not going to comment on that, sir,” Lyons replied.

"Sir, you're going to look the families of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in the eye and tell them Secretary Noem should keep her job after their loved ones were killed?” the lawmaker insisted.

Lyons refused to endorse the embattled Noem and instead offered, ”Sir, the loss of any life is unacceptable. And the heart, my heart, prayers and thoughts go out to anyone who tragically loses his life, especially a child since I suffered personal loss in my life. But I'm not going to comment on an on-going investigation.”

"Well, Mr. Lyons, the American people are watching your unwillingness to demand accountability from your own leadership speaks volumes to American citizens,” Kennedy replied as his time ran out.

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CNN's Harry Enten was gobsmacked by "bonkers" findings in new polls on President Donald Trump and the job market.

The White House and Trump administration officials started out the week tempering public expectations for the coming jobs report — expected to be released Wednesday — and Enten told "CNN News Central" the public has seriously soured on the president's handling of the economy.

"Donald Trump took a beautiful swan and turned it into an ugly duckling, as far as the American people are concerned," Enten said, looking at poll results.

"Because these numbers ... [are] absolutely crazy in how the American people have totally turned on Donald Trump. Take a look here: Trump's net approval rating on jobs and employment in January 2025, look at that, overall plus-nine points. Hey, that's pretty good. But down he goes – minus-13 points overall."

"But you think that's nuts, take a look at the independents," he added. "They go from plus-seven way, way, way down, off the screen, to minus-30 points. That's a 37-point drop in the net approval for Donald Trump among independents on the issue of jobs and employment."

That change in public opinion in the past year has been staggering, he said.

"This next chart is actually the one that that really blew my mind," Enten said. "It's about people's views of the job market in general over a similar period of time. Yeah, okay, if you think these numbers are crazy, this next one these are bonkers, okay. What are we talking about here? Americans rate the job market as bad or good, February 2025, equal shares say fair or say bad or good, 42-42. Look at this now, over just a year's time. Now the clear majority, 52 percent, up like a rocket, rated it bad compared to just 33 percent, down to the basement, who rated as good."

"So what we've seen is Americans rating the job market, it was an even split a year ago, and now the clear majority, by a 19-point margin rated as bad rather than good," Enten added, "and that goes a long way to explain why Donald Trump's numbers on jobs and unemployment have fallen to the floor."

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