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Republican politician Jeremy Faison recently suggested that a Dolly Parton statue should replace a memorial to a Ku Klux Klan leader.

The memorial is of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former Confederate general and early Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. It’s been up since 1978 and is placed in front of the Tennessee Capitol building.

“I fundamentally reject any notion by someone saying that moving him to the museum is trying to whitewash history,” Jeremy told The Tennessean. “If we want to preserve history, then let’s tell it the right way.”

He continued: “Right now there are eight alcoves [in the Capitol building]. Seven are filled with white men. [I could] think of 100 other people deserving of that post. How about getting a lady in there? My daughter is 16, and I would love for her to come into the Capitol and see a lady up there. What’s wrong with [women’s suffrage activist] Anne Dallas Dudley getting in that alcove? What’s wrong with someone like Dolly Parton being put in that alcove?”

Of course, Dolly is a local legend in that part of the state. Her theme park, Dollywood, is its most successful tourist attraction.

Dolly has yet to respond to the idea, but you KNOW she’d be about it!