It’s important to remember that the “alt-left” rhetorical gambit deliberately equating leftists with the alt-right, was pushed by centrists as well.
Worst False Equivalencies of 2016
The election of Donald Trump illustrated the biggest deficiency in our democracy, a press that uses false equivalencies for a false fair and balance.
Umbrage 2016: the false equivalency test
The tale of two foundations is just one example of the false equivalency being applied to the two candidates. There are much more.