Claim: 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."
Fact-check: Tommy Thompson says Wisconsin's unemployment rate was the lowest in the nation when he was governor
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Dave Umhoefer
Date published: 2012-03-26T00:00:00