Democrats dropped their bribery allegation against Trump, and conservatives want to know why

Bribery is so last week.

House Democrats announced Tuesday they'd soon introduce two articles of impeachment against President Trump, one for abuse of power and one for obstructing Congress. But the Democrats' press conference didn't contain a single mention of the "bribery" charge they once levied against Trump, and conservatives are weaponizing that against them.

After Tuesday's conference, conservatives immediately and unsurprisingly hopped to defend Trump. GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel zeroed in on the lack of a "bribery" mention, painting it — hypothetically — to be another failed product of "focus groups" Democrats held to figure out their impeachment rhetoric.

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House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) then suggested that because Democrats dropped the word "bribery," that means it never happened.

Then again, Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) did accuse Trump of "high crimes and misdemeanors," and the Constitution says bribery falls under that more vague umbrella.