When the pre-fabricated term "''[[quid pro quo]]''" failed to catch on with [[CNN]] viewers as a basis for abrogating constitutional rights and nullifying elections,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Xomryg6Ac&t=171s</ref> Schiff switched to "bribery,"<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/11/12/democrats-word-games-show-they-cant-find-a-true-impeachable-offense/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/Breitbart/posts/10163980012850354</ref> the implication evidently being that when the [[executive branch]] disburses funds authorized by Congress, the chief executive can be held to account for bribery. A focus group conducted by the [[DCCC]] in key swing states of the [[2020 presidential election]] found voters reacted more positively the term "bribery" rather than "''quid pro quo''" as an impeachable offense.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-calls-trumps-actions-bribery-as-democrats-sharpen-case-for-impeachment/2019/11/14/0ee9a202-0702-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html</ref> | When the pre-fabricated term "''[[quid pro quo]]''" failed to catch on with [[CNN]] viewers as a basis for abrogating constitutional rights and nullifying elections,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Xomryg6Ac&t=171s</ref> Schiff switched to "bribery,"<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/11/12/democrats-word-games-show-they-cant-find-a-true-impeachable-offense/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/Breitbart/posts/10163980012850354</ref> the implication evidently being that when the [[executive branch]] disburses funds authorized by Congress, the chief executive can be held to account for bribery. A focus group conducted by the [[DCCC]] in key swing states of the [[2020 presidential election]] found voters reacted more positively the term "bribery" rather than "''quid pro quo''" as an impeachable offense.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-calls-trumps-actions-bribery-as-democrats-sharpen-case-for-impeachment/2019/11/14/0ee9a202-0702-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html</ref> |