Who's "rioting violently"? Resistance protests have overwhelmingly been peaceful affairs. The rash of anti-Semitic bomb threats and vandalism of Jewish tombstones is a right-wing eruption.

Authoritarians dangle the specter of anarchy to quash dissent but authoritarianism is itself a vector to totalitarianism. Just a reminder: Steve Bannon, who now occupies a powerful position  in the White House, described himself as an "anarchist."