It’s part of a strategy. It’s called the bottom up-top down strategy, a well known Saul Alinsky tactic. You deliberately create civil unrest, hopefully a massive uprising, so you can crush it and gain total or near-total power.
#AlinskyTactics
They might not get what they wish for....
Bottom up top down inside out - Van Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13smJ9IVjlM&list=PLVzkiC8oZ1g5U8-t93zxPPSwMZA5NNsR5