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Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: OK, let's go back to that moment when two women confronted Senator Jeff Flake in an elevator on Capitol Hill about the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Look at me when I'm talking to you. You're telling me that my assault doesn't matter. KELLY: After that confrontation, Flake insisted on an FBI investigation, prompting some to praise the moment as evidence that protest works. Well, protests continued. Here's this past Saturday. (SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) Hey-hey, ho-ho, Kavanaugh has got to go. KELLY: People rushing the doors of the Supreme Court as Kavanaugh was sworn in. But what some see as constructive protests others, including the president, call a mob. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You don't hand matches to an arsonist. And you don't give power to an angry left-wing mob. And that's