The Dems were banking on these riots, looting and destruction of properties to take Trump down by calling them "peaceful" protesting for injustice. Throwing their supports for BLM and Antifa... actually endorsing and encouraging these riots and calling out to defund the police.
However, they are learning that normal people are getting sick and tired of these riotings, BLM and Antifa and turning to Trump.
CNN and Biden are now calling these riots are bad... it's because they saw that their support numbers are down in polls and study groups.
This piece here perfectly summarized what the Dems truly are...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/11/democrats-are-trying-appease-left-wing-revolutionaries-it-wont-work/The only problem is that Trump have a great chance of winning again because polls after polls is showing that he's neck in neck with Biden in swing states. Compare to 2016 when Hillary was winning in a landslide in polls.