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All Mostly False statements involving Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson

Mostly False

GOP and he were in charge

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

Tommy Thompson

Mostly False

She didn't buck her party

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

Tommy Thompson

Mostly False

Opposed once, in favor nine times

Says "Tammy Baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it."

Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson

Mostly False

She also backed stopping the tax increase

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

Tommy Thompson

Mostly False

Production? Yes. Proved, possibly recoverable reserves? No

"We have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."

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