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Taylor Swift Calls for Permanent Removal of All "Racist" Statues From Tennessee

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Taylor Swift on Friday used her gigantic social media presence to call for the permanent removal of all Confederate statues in the state ofTennessee.

A number of highly controversial statues have been toppled around the globe amid worldwide anti-racism protests in the wake of George Floyd's death on May 25.

In a Twitter thread, the Grammy-winning singer said she encouraged the statues being removed. "As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things," Swift began.

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