Taylor Swift: monuments that celebrate racist figures 'make me sick'

Singer criticizes Tennessee lawmakers for allowing statues of historical figures who did evil things' in the state's capitol

Taylor Swift is calling on Tennessee lawmakers to remove racist monuments, arguing villains don't deserve statues".

As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things," tweeted Swift, who owns a home in Nashville. Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such."