Yes. They hope to provoke MAGA supporters, for a repeat of Jan 6, so they can produce another show trial to express their hate for normal people.
And they will plant provocateurs in the crowd, like they did on Jan 6, to make things happen that they will then loudly condemn, and use it to justify their repression of normal people.
I think it will backfire on them (democrats and their republican enablers) big time whether there’s violence or not, but they don’t care about legitimacy because they’re dictators.