They will just install a few instigators in any peaceful protest to try to escalate it. Or they'll just lie and claim it was a violent protest.
Just like how they lie about the January 6th insurrection, when they call that "peaceful" and "a bunch of tourists".
Total votes for DJT: 77,302,580
Total votes for all the other people (Harris, Stein, Kennedy, Oliver and other) combined: 77,935,722
So yes, DJT won the popular vote, but the majority, even if just a teeny tiny one, did not vote for him. DJT just got 49.8% of the total votes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Results