Hey, man, it wasn't for lack of trying. Trump wanted to have his military shoot protesters in DC back in 2020. Esper was able to shut it down. Thank god we had some guardrails left at that point, but he wouldn't have any Espers in his administration this time around.
Also, lol the idea "teh left" is the violent side. Unless by "instigate" you mean "teh left" instigates more protests. Because I don't know whether you've been keeping up with things, but the side I'm on is not the side with all the weapons.