Mike Pence drew national attention for his support for a right to discriminate law in Indiana, so it’s no big surprise that he’s not saying anything against North Carolina’s transphobic HB2:

“Donald Trump and I simply believe that these decisions are best made at the state level, by the people,” Pence, the GOP vice presidential candidate, said Tuesday, “and where disputes arise, they should be resolved in the courts.”

Translation: Let the race to the bottom prevail, with no federal efforts to raise the floor and protect people from discrimination. Someone needs to ask him if that view extends to the federal Civil Rights Act and other federal anti-discrimination laws.

And while Pence is making noises about the courts having a role, you know that the minute there’s a decision he doesn’t like, he’s out there moaning about “judicial activism.”