Opinion: Don’t overthink Hillary Clinton’s loss. She was attacked relentlessly, and it worked

To the editor: Oh, my gosh, another attempt to explain why Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election, and yet the real explanation is so easy. (“Matt Lauer and other misbehaving media men may be misogynists, but that isn’t why Clinton lost,” Opinion, Dec. 15)

Clinton lost because of the heavily funded and well-directed effort by several anti-Clinton PACs to discredit her.

So many people, including Democrats, tell me that Clinton has flaws, but when challenged cannot come up with anything specific. “I mean like, well you know, text messages and like that,” I’ve heard.

The PACs, with names like “Never Hillary,” won the election for President Trump.

Martin A. Brower, Corona del Mar

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To the editor: Great piece by Cathy Young. I hope this letter makes it to print and the Los Angeles Times stops devoting much of its space to readers still suffering PTSD over the election results.

Young left out one main point why Clinton lost: She and Bill Clinton became fabulously wealthy running a “charity.” Had the Democrats run a better candidate like Joe Biden, Al Gore or John Kerry, surely Trump would have lost.

Paul Zimmelman, Marina del Rey

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