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Downvote if you want, they aren't the same. There are big differences between this brief statement and the lead-up to J6, and takes like this only fuel the conservative assertion that "woke Liberals" will blow anything out of proportion. You can believe what you want, but I'm not going to resort to unfounded "but he could be" claims given how many valid criticisms are available. I'll stick to the things he's actually said about women's rights, the environment, locking up opponents, wanting to be a dictator...
The long J6 speech was held right in front of the Capitol where he said some version of "we need to fight" so many times that legal experts say it's obvious, in an evidence-applicable-to-court way, that he was inciting. It was preceded by many day's worth of rhetoric, and he was telling others to do his dirty work. It's the basis for an incredibly serious lawsuit.
The "hit back" conversation was like two lines in one anecdote about verbal sparring, and in context clearly wasn't him asking if it was his turn to punch Michelle Obama. He also never spent days calling for anything along the lines of "You folks need to hit Michelle Obama" the way he called for them to fight at the Capitol. No one is going to make a lawsuit about those quotes.