Donald Trump got shot.

After the usual condemnations, thoughts and prayers, it was business as usual — the left equating him with the devil, the right with a saviour. A few in-between saw him for what he was in the moment: a man, a husband and a father who is running for president of the United States and whose assassination attempt has fundamentally challenged the cornerstone of democratic values, not just in the U.S., but in every free nation, including Canada.