Protect the rights of the January 6th rioters? What do you mean? I've been very clear that anyone rioting (whether it was January 6th MAGA folks, BLM, LA rioters, etc...) should face the punishment for things like destruction of property or assaulting police officers. Trump didn't seem to think that the capitol riot was a big deal....considering how he watched it on TV for hours and did nothing. And then pardoned all the rioters to boot.
So yeah.....his moves to shut down protests with military force is a laugh. But that's how fascists operate.