Original sentence: During her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on the rise of hate crimes and white supremacist in the United States, Owens made the widely disputed claim that the Southern Strategy employed by the Republican party to boost its appeal to racist voters was a "myth".Politifact states that the NRA was founded by Union Civil War veterans to improve soldiers’ marksmanship.She was named in the manifesto of the gunman who committed the Christchurch mosque shootings as the person who “influenced [him] above all”.This statement was widely viewed as insincere
Edited sentence: During her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on the rise of hate crimes and white supremacist in the United States, Owens made the false claim that the Southern Strategy employed by the Republican party to boost its appeal to racist voters was a "myth" that "never happened".Politifact states that the NRA was actually founded by Union Civil War veterans to improve soldiers’ marksmanship