▁I ▁feel ▁that ▁alleg ations ▁should ▁always ▁be ▁made ▁to ▁the ▁authorities ▁and ▁not ▁played ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁media ." ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁L oh an ▁gar ner ed ▁controvers y ▁and ▁scr ut iny ▁after ▁she ▁liv est ream ed ▁herself ▁attempting ▁to ▁lead ▁away ▁a ▁hom eless ▁woman ' s ▁children ▁on ▁Inst agram ▁Live . ▁In ▁the ▁video , ▁she ▁acc uses ▁the ▁woman ▁of ▁child ▁tra ff ick ing ▁and ▁dub s ▁the ▁family ▁" S y rian ▁refuge e [ s ] ". ▁The ▁situation ▁has ▁been ▁regarded ▁as ▁an ▁attempted ▁kid n apping , ▁and ▁susp ic ions ▁have ▁ar isen ▁that ▁L oh an ▁was ▁into xic ated . ▁ ▁Political ▁interests ▁During ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁US ▁president ial ▁campaign , ▁L oh an ▁offered ▁her ▁services ▁to ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ' s ▁Democratic ▁election ▁effort , ▁but ▁was ▁decl ined . ▁In ▁a ▁blog ▁post , ▁L oh an ▁critic ized ▁the ▁media ▁and ▁then ▁Republican ▁Vice ▁President ial ▁candidate ▁Sarah ▁Pal in ▁for ▁not ▁foc using ▁on ▁policy , ▁and ▁den ounced ▁Pal in ' s ▁positions ▁on ▁hom osex ual ity , ▁birth ▁control ▁and ▁abort ion . ▁L oh an ▁had ▁previously ▁expressed ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁going ▁to ▁Ira q , ▁during ▁the ▁Ira q ▁War ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁on ▁a ▁US O ▁tour ▁with ▁Hill ary ▁Cl inton . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁president