> it also helps to shift the blame away from Hillary's party for losing the election because of a terribly run campaign. It also shifts the blame away from Ame

> it also helps to shift the blame away from Hillary's party for losing the election because of a terribly run campaign. It also shifts the blame away from Americans who liked what Trump was saying. A similar thing is happening in the UK with the brexit vote. People are now claiming that Russians bought some adverts. They want to deny the decades of Euroskepticism and misleading stories (bendy bananas anyone?), and years of anti-immigrant newspaper stories.