Yes, Millennials also cost us the election.

[BeardofJGarfield]

35. Michigan Millenial here

And my take is -- yes, millennials deserve a lot of the blame. Here's how the election went down from my perspective.

I have 2 brothers, 1 sister (all of us 18-26). Parents are both vets. I was for Bernie, kind of slow to give my loyalty to Clinton, but by the time of the convention I was all in for Hillary. My first inkling that something was wrong came in mid-September...

Let me back up. My parents and siblings are good people. Kind, sharing, I've seen my dad go out of his way to call out racism, my parents give regularly to charity, my brothers are always willing to help anyone with anything and my sister volunteers her time most weekends. So if you're picturing a bunch of tattooed white supremacists sitting around, hold that thought.

Anyway, around mid-September we were having a little family get-together/end-of-summer cookout, and my mom said, "I might vote for Hillary." I have to say I was mildly shocked. "MIGHT"? We never talk much about politics but I kind of assumed we were all on the same wavelength. A conversation kind of developed and I realized that I was the only one there who was solidly for Hillary. My two uncles and three aunts were, of course, 100% for Trump, but I already knew that they're hardcore Republicans who will vote for whoever the GOP nominee is. What surprised me was that they weren't just voting for Trump out of loyalty to the party, but actually liked him. My parents were talking about how Hillary just wasn't going to be strong enough on revitalizing the military (hold contractors accountable, eliminate Pentagon cronyism, etc.) My sister was concerned about how Hillary would handle NAFTA and what not (her boyfriend is in manufacturing), one brother who is like me very pro-2nd Amendment but unlike me, a single issue voter, was concerned about gun owner rights. My other brother didn't (and hasn't) said anything about who he supported.

I realized that everyone had their own reasons for either liking Trump or disliking Clinton, and it wasn't a simple "everyone who votes Trump likes him because they're racist misogynist a-holes."

If you're wondering what that has to do with why I blame millennials, here we go...

At my university (unnamed for obvious reasons), the reasons literally dozens of my friends/acquaintances/classmates had for being against Clinton were -- " 'you'd be in jail' holy snap what a burn dude I can't believe he said that so lit!" "I hope Trump beats her for what she did to BERNIE!" "Trump is hilarious, why wouldn't I vote for him"

and the kicker -- I heard this one a lot -- "Republicans have the dankest memes." I sh!t you not.

The reasons most millennials I know/knew had for voting for Trump, or in most cases simply not voting, were stupid reasons. Inane reasons.

Extrapolate my experience with 3 dozen or so millennials, including my siblings, across the nation and there you go. 2 or 3 might have a wrong but sincere and considered reason for not supporting Hillary. 30 or so have an insanely stupid reason that they saw in a "dank meme" on 4chan or reddit.

Millions of members of a key leftwing constituency DIDN'T VOTE...because Trump has dank memes.

Thanks guys. Thanks a lot.