On October 29 , 2018 , in a discussion over President Donald Trump 's rhetoric in the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting , Ioffe appeared on CNN 's '' The Lead with Jake Tapper '' commenting that " this president has radicalized so many more people than ISIS ever did " pointing to a 60 % rise in antisemitism attacks during 2017 . The comment received pushback from fellow panelists David Urban and Mona Charen . Ioffe later apologized for the comment during the broadcast and on Twitter calling her comments " hyperbole " . In a Fox News interview with Laura Ingraham , Trump called Ioffe " some kind of a sick woman "
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Julia Ioffe