I think it’s more likely a test for the remaining, formerly Republican but essentially democracy-minded constitution worshipping government employees, military personnel etc. to see who speaks up (or at all) about it. For example if a mid level general starts making noise in a channel that Trump’s minions have access to, saying they don’t like what’s going on and someone should do something and if they don’t maybe I will- boom, loyalty tested. Similar with media talking heads etc. it’s easy to assume these people are stupid or careless - they often act that way, and in some ways fundamentally are. But I doubt this was anything other than deliberate bait. You have to ask yourself, for whom? Why? Why now?