Maybe, but the first thought among Communists during a riot isn't common-sense logic like that, it's "hunt down all those who think differently from me, and use the chaos to hurt them as much as possible". The first few times, it will be the Republicans targeted, then the empty-yard Independents, then the moderate Democrats, until either they're re-enacting the "Night of the Long Knives" within their own Communist fringe's ranks or they're taken down by the cops.