Latest Fact-checks on Tommy Thompson Tommy Thompson stated on September 25, 2013 in an interview: "Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent." Tommy Thompson stated on October 26, 2012 in debate comments: On support for U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan Tommy Thompson stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate: Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law. Tommy Thompson stated on October 18, 2012 in debate comments: Says when he was governor, "most of the Democrats" voted for his billion-dollar property-tax cuts, but U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin "voted against it." Tommy Thompson stated on October 23, 2012 in a television ad: Says "Tammy Baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it." Tommy Thompson stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin supports a "tax increase that President Obama says" would cost middle-class families $3,000 per year. Tommy Thompson stated on October 16, 2012 in a TV ad: Says Tammy Baldwin "voted to gut Medicare for seniors." Tommy Thompson stated on October 5, 2012 in a Milwaukee Press Club appearance: Says opponent Tammy Baldwin ‘has had not one positive ad’ in the campaign for U.S. Senate. Tommy Thompson stated on September 27, 2012 in an interview: Says Tammy Baldwin supports a law "in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals." Tommy Thompson stated on October 27, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate opponent Tammy Baldwin supported a federal budget "that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the Obama budget." Tommy Thompson stated on September 11, 2012 in a speech: "We have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil." Tommy Thompson stated on September 6, 2012 in an email : An aide "acted on his own" and "was not representing the Thompson campaign" when he sent an email criticizing the sexual orientation of U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin. Tommy Thompson stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin wants a "completely government-controlled" health care system that goes "far beyond 'Obamacare'" and is "a Medicare system for all." Tommy Thompson stated on July 22, 2012 in an interview: "I have voted every year in Wisconsin." Tommy Thompson stated on August 3, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate rival Eric Hovde "refused to pay his property taxes until he was taken to court." Tommy Thompson stated on June 4, 2012 in a speech: "Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America." Tommy Thompson stated on June 13, 2012 in tweets: Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate. Tommy Thompson stated on June 4, 2012 in a speech: By eliminating the public intervenor’s office, "I was the first one to fire Kathleen Falk." Tommy Thompson stated on June 7, 2012 in a television ad: Federal health care reforms amounted to ‘the government takeover of health care.’ Tommy Thompson stated on March 23, 2012 in a campaign speech: Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia." Tommy Thompson stated on March 3, 2012 in a speech: Says when he was governor, Wisconsin cut unemployment to 2.1 percent and the state’s unemployment rate was "the lowest in the country for 40 consecutive months." Tommy Thompson stated on January 23, 2012 in an interview: Says that as Wisconsin governor he "never raised taxes." Tommy Thompson stated on December 1, 2011 in a campaign announcement video: Says that as Wisconsin governor, "we ended welfare." Tommy Thompson stated on November 9, 2011 in remarks at a Vatican conference: On using embryonic stem cells for medical research. Tommy Thompson stated on October 4, 2011 in a campaign fundraising email: "During my tenure as governor, Wisconsin’s overall tax burden went DOWN." Tommy Thompson stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview: Despite opposition from national Club for Growth, Club for Growth Wisconsin "has endorsed" him for U.S. Senate. Tommy Thompson stated on September 6, 2011 in a statement: Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin ranks "as the most liberal member of the House." Tommy Thompson stated on May 1, 2007 in the Web.: "Tommy Thompson is the father of welfare reform, creating the groundbreaking Wisconsin Works program in Wisconsin that became the model for national and international reforms." Tommy Thompson stated on May 1, 2007 in his campaign Web site.: "Tommy Thompson created the first school choice program in the nation, giving thousands of Milwaukee students the choice of where they go to school – no matter where they live or how much money their parents make."
Tommy Thompson stated on September 25, 2013 in an interview: "Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent." Tommy Thompson stated on October 26, 2012 in debate comments: On support for U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan Tommy Thompson stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate: Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law. Tommy Thompson stated on October 18, 2012 in debate comments: Says when he was governor, "most of the Democrats" voted for his billion-dollar property-tax cuts, but U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin "voted against it." Tommy Thompson stated on October 23, 2012 in a television ad: Says "Tammy Baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it." Tommy Thompson stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin supports a "tax increase that President Obama says" would cost middle-class families $3,000 per year. Tommy Thompson stated on October 16, 2012 in a TV ad: Says Tammy Baldwin "voted to gut Medicare for seniors." Tommy Thompson stated on October 5, 2012 in a Milwaukee Press Club appearance: Says opponent Tammy Baldwin ‘has had not one positive ad’ in the campaign for U.S. Senate. Tommy Thompson stated on September 27, 2012 in an interview: Says Tammy Baldwin supports a law "in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals." Tommy Thompson stated on October 27, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate opponent Tammy Baldwin supported a federal budget "that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the Obama budget." Tommy Thompson stated on September 11, 2012 in a speech: "We have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil." Tommy Thompson stated on September 6, 2012 in an email : An aide "acted on his own" and "was not representing the Thompson campaign" when he sent an email criticizing the sexual orientation of U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin. Tommy Thompson stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin wants a "completely government-controlled" health care system that goes "far beyond 'Obamacare'" and is "a Medicare system for all." Tommy Thompson stated on July 22, 2012 in an interview: "I have voted every year in Wisconsin." Tommy Thompson stated on August 3, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate rival Eric Hovde "refused to pay his property taxes until he was taken to court." Tommy Thompson stated on June 4, 2012 in a speech: "Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America." Tommy Thompson stated on June 13, 2012 in tweets: Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate. Tommy Thompson stated on June 4, 2012 in a speech: By eliminating the public intervenor’s office, "I was the first one to fire Kathleen Falk." Tommy Thompson stated on June 7, 2012 in a television ad: Federal health care reforms amounted to ‘the government takeover of health care.’ Tommy Thompson stated on March 23, 2012 in a campaign speech: Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia." Tommy Thompson stated on March 3, 2012 in a speech: Says when he was governor, Wisconsin cut unemployment to 2.1 percent and the state’s unemployment rate was "the lowest in the country for 40 consecutive months." Tommy Thompson stated on January 23, 2012 in an interview: Says that as Wisconsin governor he "never raised taxes." Tommy Thompson stated on December 1, 2011 in a campaign announcement video: Says that as Wisconsin governor, "we ended welfare." Tommy Thompson stated on November 9, 2011 in remarks at a Vatican conference: On using embryonic stem cells for medical research. Tommy Thompson stated on October 4, 2011 in a campaign fundraising email: "During my tenure as governor, Wisconsin’s overall tax burden went DOWN." Tommy Thompson stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview: Despite opposition from national Club for Growth, Club for Growth Wisconsin "has endorsed" him for U.S. Senate. Tommy Thompson stated on September 6, 2011 in a statement: Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin ranks "as the most liberal member of the House." Tommy Thompson stated on May 1, 2007 in the Web.: "Tommy Thompson is the father of welfare reform, creating the groundbreaking Wisconsin Works program in Wisconsin that became the model for national and international reforms." Tommy Thompson stated on May 1, 2007 in his campaign Web site.: "Tommy Thompson created the first school choice program in the nation, giving thousands of Milwaukee students the choice of where they go to school – no matter where they live or how much money their parents make."
Tommy Thompson stated on September 25, 2013 in an interview: "Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."
Tommy Thompson stated on October 26, 2012 in debate comments: On support for U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan
Tommy Thompson stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate: Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law.
Tommy Thompson stated on October 18, 2012 in debate comments: Says when he was governor, "most of the Democrats" voted for his billion-dollar property-tax cuts, but U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin "voted against it."
Tommy Thompson stated on October 23, 2012 in a television ad: Says "Tammy Baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it."
Tommy Thompson stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin supports a "tax increase that President Obama says" would cost middle-class families $3,000 per year.
Tommy Thompson stated on October 16, 2012 in a TV ad: Says Tammy Baldwin "voted to gut Medicare for seniors."
Tommy Thompson stated on October 5, 2012 in a Milwaukee Press Club appearance: Says opponent Tammy Baldwin ‘has had not one positive ad’ in the campaign for U.S. Senate.
Tommy Thompson stated on September 27, 2012 in an interview: Says Tammy Baldwin supports a law "in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals."
Tommy Thompson stated on October 27, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate opponent Tammy Baldwin supported a federal budget "that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the Obama budget."
Tommy Thompson stated on September 11, 2012 in a speech: "We have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Tommy Thompson stated on September 6, 2012 in an email : An aide "acted on his own" and "was not representing the Thompson campaign" when he sent an email criticizing the sexual orientation of U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin.
Tommy Thompson stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin wants a "completely government-controlled" health care system that goes "far beyond 'Obamacare'" and is "a Medicare system for all."
Tommy Thompson stated on August 3, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate rival Eric Hovde "refused to pay his property taxes until he was taken to court."
Tommy Thompson stated on June 4, 2012 in a speech: "Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America."
Tommy Thompson stated on June 13, 2012 in tweets: Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate.
Tommy Thompson stated on June 4, 2012 in a speech: By eliminating the public intervenor’s office, "I was the first one to fire Kathleen Falk."
Tommy Thompson stated on June 7, 2012 in a television ad: Federal health care reforms amounted to ‘the government takeover of health care.’
Tommy Thompson stated on March 23, 2012 in a campaign speech: Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia."
Tommy Thompson stated on March 3, 2012 in a speech: Says when he was governor, Wisconsin cut unemployment to 2.1 percent and the state’s unemployment rate was "the lowest in the country for 40 consecutive months."
Tommy Thompson stated on January 23, 2012 in an interview: Says that as Wisconsin governor he "never raised taxes."
Tommy Thompson stated on December 1, 2011 in a campaign announcement video: Says that as Wisconsin governor, "we ended welfare."
Tommy Thompson stated on November 9, 2011 in remarks at a Vatican conference: On using embryonic stem cells for medical research.
Tommy Thompson stated on October 4, 2011 in a campaign fundraising email: "During my tenure as governor, Wisconsin’s overall tax burden went DOWN."
Tommy Thompson stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview: Despite opposition from national Club for Growth, Club for Growth Wisconsin "has endorsed" him for U.S. Senate.
Tommy Thompson stated on September 6, 2011 in a statement: Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin ranks "as the most liberal member of the House."
Tommy Thompson stated on May 1, 2007 in the Web.: "Tommy Thompson is the father of welfare reform, creating the groundbreaking Wisconsin Works program in Wisconsin that became the model for national and international reforms."
Tommy Thompson stated on May 1, 2007 in his campaign Web site.: "Tommy Thompson created the first school choice program in the nation, giving thousands of Milwaukee students the choice of where they go to school – no matter where they live or how much money their parents make."