Claim: 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.
Fact-check: Thompson says aide wasn't representing campaign in email criticizing sexual orientation of Baldwin
Verdict: pants-fire
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: James B. Nelson
Date published: 2012-09-17T00:00:00