@farmerman,
The reality is, it was in place leading up to the election.
To propose a retrospective change to the rules is never going to be on the cards.
Everyone, and I do mean everyone, thought HRC would win by a landslide. When that didn't happen, the scapegoat hunt begins.
Russia, I believe, had zip to do with it.
If anything, Putin's support should have shaded Trump in the eyes of the electorate.