|colspan="3"|<hr/>2021 arrests (left) [[Congressional Black Caucus]] vice chair [[Joyce Beatty]], (right) Rep. [[Hank Johnson]]
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Some controversy erupted when President Trump suggested the Soros mob were paid.<ref>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1048196883464818688</ref> A Vice Media editor stated that some protestors were paid and tried to create "viral moments" good for TV.<ref>Chamberlain, Samuel (October 7, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/some-anti-kavanaugh-protesters-were-paid-to-help-make-viral-moments-vice-news-editor-claims Some anti-Kavanaugh protesters were paid to help make 'viral moments,' Vice News editor says]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 7, 2018.</ref> Ana Marie Archila of the Soros-funded Center For Popular Democracy slipped passed the Capitol Police and cornered [[NeverTrumper]] Sen. [[Jeff Flake]] in an elevator to deliver a televised rant for the [[fake news]] outlet [[CNN]]. Flake asked for a week-long delay in the confirmation vote while the FBI conducted an investigation into [[Christine Blasey Ford]] and Kavanaugh's sworn statements. Journalist [[Mike Cernovich]] documented Archila's compensation package as a mob protest organizer at $178,000, more money paid above the table than Flake or any member of Congress makes, according to the Center For Popular Democracy's IRS Form 990 tax return publicly available at Guidestar.org.<ref>https://youtu.be/8_M6gGoqF54</ref> When the FBI completed its report of Blasey Ford's allegations and Judge Kavanaugh's response, insurrectionists took over the Hart Senate Office Building and 302 rioters were arrested.<ref>https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/10/04/mass-arrests-thousands-descend-senate-office-building-demanding-lawmakers-reject</ref> 101 were arrested the second day.
In December 2018 Rep.-elect [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] led a mob of insurrectionists in a takeover of [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s office.<ref> https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/13/ocasio-cortez-climate-protestors-push-pelosi-962915</ref>