Article snippet: unemployment rate and manufacturing growth, before returning to the subject of national unity. "We must love each other, respect each other and cherish our history and our future together," he continued. "So important. We have to respect each other. Ideally we have to love each other." The president, who touted his posture against terrorism throughout his campaign for office last year and has since signed controversial executive orders aimed at protecting Americans, did not label Saturday's incident as an act of terror in his remarks and declined to answer shouted questions on the subject from reporters afterward. A chorus of Washington legislators, including Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Marco Rubio R-Fla.; Tim Scott, R-S.C. and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis. all termed the attack terrorism Saturday. Earlier in the day, Trump joined a chorus of figures from across the U.S. political spectrum to speak out against the white nationalist rally, tweeting, "We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!" He was joined by Vice President Mike Pence as well as First Lady Melania Trump in speaking out about the situation. "Our country encourages Trump wrote on Twitter. Some on social media criticized the timing of Trump's response to the rally, noting that it emerged after several other prominent political figures had already spoken out about the even... Link to the full article to read more