Personally, if I had to point at one single thing it would be calling millions of traditional democratic voters a "basket of deplorables".

Lol not "traditional democratic voters"; the die-hards who saw, and continue to see, Trump as a messiah as he insults anyone from Gold Star parents, to disabled journalists, to Mexican immigrants... Anyway, off topic and deplorably exhausting.

In the end, Assange is just a scapegoat. Although, he wouldn't be the first or the last. When WikiLeaks was being used to disclose information about other countries, US citizens and even the Government saw them as a positive force in the world. But, once the info focused on US affairs, especially around a Presidential election, Assange was public enemy number one (tied with Snowden).

Still very much (1) a tactical mistake and (2) not everyone of the 60 million people who voted for trump fits your description. Working class people fucked over by the establishment voted for the "anti-establishment" candidate, surprise surprise.

Again, that speech was made early in the campaign. Obviously not talking about 60mil people. But, definitely didn't help, especially once pundits pounced on it.

And then the leopards at their faces, as it were.

I'm not saying it wasn't a bad decision, I'm saying it's very understandable why people did what they did. Calling them stupid rednecks is very easy and makes you feel better than them but it's lazy and untrue.

> untrue.

[Citation needed]

And the guy actually increased his vote tally significantly in the next election, against a far less polarizing candidate than Hillary Clinton. I don't know if it's really as easy as blaming it entirely on her.