When it comes to solving sensitive racial issues in our country, there's no more tried and true solution than invoking the "states' rights" rallying cry, in particular by southern supporters of discriminating against black Americans. Though he didn’t explicitly use the terms “states’ rights,” Mike Pence still clearly believes that philosophy is the wave of the future when it comes to racial issues in the 21st century, writes the AP. Vice President Mike Pence says state and local authorities should make decisions about Confederate statues, and he calls himself “someone who believes in more monuments, not less monuments.” As for the fate of Confederate statues at the U.S.