Darline Graham, the sister of late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, was swiftly fact-checked after claiming that she’s “not being handed” her brother’s seat even though she was named to temporarily fill it.

Senator Graham died on the evening of July 11 after returning from an official visit to Ukraine. According to a preliminary finding from the medical examiner, Graham died after suffering an aortic dissection—a tear in the inner wall of the aorta—linked to hardening of the arteries.

When asked how she feels about people who don’t support her because she was “handed” her brother’s seat, Darline Graham responded:

“I don’t see it that way. I’m not being handed this seat.”

She continued:

“I realize I have to work to earn voters so I’m working really hard to do that. I want to spend the next two weeks going out to as many places as I can.”

She added:

“Lindsey was amazing. I could never fill his shoes. No one ever could fill his shoes and I don’t expect it to be handed to me. I know I have to earn people’s votes and I’m willing to work hard over the next two weeks to earn those votes.”

Graham also said:

“I want to work hard every single day for people in South Carolina. That’s why I want to do this: not to be a politician, not for self-ambition, not for power. I want to continue to help the people of South Carolina.”

But the article points out that Graham was handed her brother’s seat, and a Community Note stated that “she is literally being handed his seat.”

Last month, she was appointed by Governor Henry McMaster to temporarily fill her brother’s Senate seat. President Donald Trump backed her candidacy for a full six-year term, but her limited political experience appeared to raise doubts among some Republican voters in a crowded primary field.

Graham fell short of the majority needed to win the Republican primary outright, sending her into an August 25 runoff against Representative Ralph Norman. Norman had previously left his House seat to run for governor, where he finished third in the June GOP primary.

Republican voter Bob Howell told NBC News in Lexington, South Carolina, that he understood that Graham had lost her brother and someone very special to her, but said he did not think it was necessary to simply give the Senate seat to her.

Many people criticized Graham following her comments.