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Mike Pence on Confederate Statues: I'm "Someone Who Believes in More Monuments"

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. Capitol, Pence says it's up to states to pick the figures represented.

He tells "Fox & Friends" that "what we have to walk away from is a desire by some to erase parts of our history just in the name of some contemporary political cause."


Read entire article at Time Magazine