I don't believe for a second that what Gianforte did Wednesday was an isolated incident. Instead, I believe it was a symptom of the drastic decline in civility — not only in politics, but in our country in general. Throughout his campaign for President, Donald Trump himself regularly spoke of how he wanted to see protestors at his rallies punched or assaulted or taken out on stretchers. Never in my life had I heard a candidate for President of the United States speak that way. Soon we heard Trump, in a leaked audio clip, openly say he forces himself on women and grabs their genitals whenever he feels like it.