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“Reason #842 of why she lost, but shouldn’t have.”

I must be behind on my count, but I only include reasons presented by Hillary or by one of her minions:

102. Hillary being a capitalist elected Trump.

101. The media not doing enough to promote Hillary’s agenda elected Trump.

100. A fake Hillary sex tape (no, I don’t want to imagine that either) elected Trump.

99. The NRA elected Trump.

98. Hillary’s inability to get by the macho atmosphere dominating the election elected Trump.

97. Misogynist sexual predators in the media elected Trump.

96. Hillary being too honest elected Trump.

95. Russian journalists and bloggers posting controversial information and nearly $5,000 worth of ads elected Trump.

94. Requiring voter ID in Wisconsin elected Trump.

93. American voters finding her insufferable because of Hillary’s confidence in her own Christian virtues, which represent America’s exceptional virtue, elected Trump.

92. Hillary’s very bad luck elected Trump.

91. A culture of grievance, victimhood, and scapegoating among hillbillies elected Trump.

90. Hillary’s beauty regime taking 600 hours away from the campaign elected Trump.

89. The press relentlessly beating Hillary up and obsessively focusing on her alleged faults elected Trump.

88. Debate questioners not asking the questions Hillary wanted elected Trump.

87. The Democrat Party having no data and no money for Hillary elected Trump.

86. TV executives failing to give Hillary enough airtime elected Trump.

85. Barack Obama failing to make a speech in favor of Hillary elected Trump.

84. Low information voters elected Trump.

73. The cultural, political, and economic game that’s being played to keep women in their place elected Trump.

82. White women voting against Hillary because their fathers, husbands, boyfriends, and male employers told them not to vote for “the girl” elected Trump.

81. Anthony Weiner, who brought the dumb story about Hillary’s dumb emails back into the news, elected Trump.

80. Matt Lauer and NBC launching a pointless ambush against Hillary and soft-peddling her opponent elected Trump.

79. An unfair election with secret reasons we may never know about elected Trump.

78. Hillary not being meaner and nastier elected Trump.

77. Sexism from Bernie Sanders and his voters elected Trump.

76. The American people not liking Hillary enough, without reason, elected Trump.

75. Innuendo and character attacks by Bernie Sanders elected Trump.

74. White identity politics from whites who felt threatened by black identity politics elected Trump.

73. Bernie Sanders voters not showing up elected Trump.

72. A bunch of black swans converging on Hillary in the final 12 days of the election elected Trump.

71. Wikileaks elected Trump.

70. Twitter memes elected Trump.

69. Astrological influences elected Trump.

68. Blatant sexism and unconscious sexism elected Trump.

67. People voting against Hillary because Obama is black elected Trump.

66. Traditionalist attitudes toward women elected Trump.

65. White voters afraid of losing White Privilege elected Trump.

64. Democrats doing a poor job of controlling the narrative elected Trump.

63. A thousand Russian agents working every day elected Trump.

62. Content farms in Macedonia elected Trump.

61. The TV networks keeping Hillary off the air elected Trump.

60. The vast right-wing conspiracy elected Trump.

59. Infowars elected Trump.

58. Google elected Trump.

57. Steve Bannon elected Trump.

56. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker elected Trump.

55. Nate Silver elected Trump.

54. Citizens United elected Trump.

53. The DNC being a mess and in poor shape elected Trump.

52. Bad polling numbers elected Trump.

51. Obama winning two terms elected Trump.

50. People wanting change elected Trump.

49. The New York Times, cable news, and television executives elected Trump.

48. According to Hillary, “Eight of the top 10 political documentaries on Netflix were screeds against President Obama and me” - Netflix elected Trump.

47. Democrats not making the right documentaries elected Trump.

46. The Democrat Party and the Republican Party elected Trump.

45. Concerns that Hillary Clinton was involved with a child sex trafficking operation elected Trump.

44. Concern about Hillary Clinton being a lizard elected Trump.

43. High expectations that Hillary would win elected Trump.

42. Voter suppression elected Trump.

41. FBI Director Comey announcing a criminal investigation into Hillary’s felonies just over a week before the election, when he had little reason to think there was anything there, elected Trump.

40. The Russians ransacking Hillary’s computer files and strategically leaking the truth elected Trump.

39. Misogyny elected Trump.

38. Gary Johnson and Jill Stein voters elected Trump.

37. Advocacy press on the right elected Trump.

36. Facebook elected Trump.

35. Old, out-of-touch democrats with a flawed message that alienated young voters elected Trump.

34. White nationalists elected Trump.

33. Hatred of Hillary Clinton at the FBI (how could anyone hate a lovable woman like Hillary?) elected Trump.

32. FBI investigation elected Trump.

31. Black voters not liking Hillary elected Trump.

30. Fewer than 100,000 deplorable voters spread across a handful of states elected Trump.

29. People hating Hillary because she is so professional, so polished, such a wonderful lawyer, so brilliant, so good, so righteous, and so much better than us elected Trump.

28. The lack of energy among Hillary supporters and expectations of Hillary being the inevitable winner, because it was her turn, elected Trump.

27. Robby Mook selecting the wrong travel stops for Hillary and spending heavily in the wrong states elected Trump.

26. Hillary’s campaign team failing to hone her message and get voters to the polls elected Trump.

25. Bill Clinton’s appearance of an inappropriate meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch elected Trump.

24. The ugly stew of racism elected Trump.

23. Hillary’s alleged lack of likability and claimed lack of trustworthiness elected Trump.

22. Self-hating women elected Trump.

21. Evangelical, Catholic, anti-marriage equality, and anti-choice social conservatives elected Trump.

20. Sinister outside forces elected Trump.

19. Whitelash elected Trump.

18. Democrat policies that favor the rich elected Trump.

17. Failure to talk to working-class white voters elected Trump.

16. Men elected Trump.

15. Lower-level FBI agents pressuring their Director (because that’s how professional relationships work) elected Trump.

14. Tim Kaine gave Hillary Virginia, but he also elected Trump.

13. White women elected Trump.

12. Racists elected Trump.

11. Sexists elected Trump.

10. Rural voters elected Trump.

9. The working class voting against their own interests elected Trump.

8. Fake news elected Trump.

7. Supermarket tabloids elected Trump.

6. Celebrity (The Apprentice) elected Trump.

5. White male resentment elected Trump.

4. Over-shaming Trump supporters elected Trump.

3. Rejecting Bernie elected Trump.

2. Reagan democrats elected Trump.

1. Backlash against political correctness elected Trump.

There are many terrible reasons for President Trump’s victory, but there are two things that were not a factor. First, Hillary was the perfect candidate; nothing she did harmed her candidacy in any way. Second, President Trump was the worst candidate imaginable; nothing he did helped his candidacy at all, except with racists, sexists, bigots, and the rest of the basket of deplorables.