Republicans across the country want to abridge people’s constitutionally protected right to air their grievances against the government and make it a felony to protest and thusly opress people’s right to vote as well.

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/19/republican-lawmakers-in-five-states-propose-bills-to-criminalize-peaceful-protest/

Trump appears to want to use any excuse and means to suppress any possible uprising against him.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-threatens-send-feds-chicago-carnage/story?id=45025761