In American political speech โ and particularly in Donald Trumpโs impeachment trial and the discussions around it โ words matter.
Fight for your rights, fight for your children, join the fight against breast cancer: Do those always involve fists?
Finally, the question of fight or โfightโ points, too, to the status of Trump himself โ his position as president.
Does a president saying โfightโ in that situation remove the quote marks like a street brawler tossing aside his jacket?
Much of the time, when we fight, we โfight.โ On Jan. 6, 2021, outside and inside the U.S. Capitol, some Americans decided to actually fight.