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Latest Fact-Checks On Fred Thompson

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Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on March 27, 2013 a tweet:
Says that under President Barack Obama’s health care law, "your insurance" premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost "as much as a new Explorer."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2013
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 31, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.:
Sarah Palin "has more experience than Barack Obama."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 2, 2008
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 2, 2008 a speech at the Republican National Convention:
"He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. John McCain said, 'No.' "
False
By Edward Epstein • September 2, 2008
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 7, 2007 a Nashville radio interview.:
"He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal."
Half-True
By Neil Skene • December 31, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on December 12, 2007 debate in Johnston, Iowa:
"Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 13, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 18, 2007:
"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."
True
By Wes Allison • November 27, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 15, 2007 a press release:
"So what sort of services does Romney's health care plan provide? Per the state Web site: $50 co-pay for abortions."
True
By Wes Allison • November 27, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 14, 2007 an email press release:
"Gov. Romney's own health care plan in Massachusetts ... requires by law that a representative from Planned Parenthood sit on the MassHealth advisory board."
Mostly False
By Wes Allison • November 27, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 5, 2007 an interview on the Fox News Channel.:
Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings."
Mostly True
By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on October 21, 2007 a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.:
"I supported tort reform with regard to securities...product liability...interstate commerce."
Mostly True
By Miranda Blue • October 25, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 7, 2007 Des Moines, Iowa:
"I've seen (life) from the factory floor when I was working the graveyard shift ...and I'd be ankle-deep in water at the Murray Ohio bicycle plant where I was running a machine that was so loud I couldn't hear myself yell if I wanted to."
Mostly True
By John Frank • October 18, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on October 9, 2007 a debate in Dearborn, Mich.:
"The Iraq Study Group reported that (Saddam Hussein) had designs on reviving his nuclear program."
False
By Ryan Kelly • October 9, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 21, 2007 Washington, D.C.:
"With those first principles, it allowed a fellow like me to get in his truck and go from one end of the state to the other; started 20 points down and wound up 20 points ahead on election night."
True
By David DeCamp • October 2, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 7, 2007 a speech in Sioux City, Iowa:
"I've cast a couple of 99-1 votes" and been the lone dissenter.
True
By Wes Allison • September 12, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 21, 2007 article on his campaign Web site:
We live in "a time of historically low violent crime rates and historically high gun ownership rates nationally."
Half-True
By David Baumann • August 29, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 20, 2007 an ABC radio commentary.:
"... study after study has shown that the death penalty deters murders."
Half-True
By John Frank • August 21, 2007