Long before Tony Evers was elected Governor, the Wisconsin GOP began an effort to mislead the public about the state of the Wisconsin economy and the impact of Gov. Walker’s economic policies. Their purpose is to convince the public that Walker’s radical supply-side economic experiment was a success and to ensure their continued stranglehold on political power in the state.

Walker and his allies surely failed on the latter as Democratic candidates swept all statewide offices in November. But they continue to promote a rose-colored view of the Walker economy that ignores its impact on working- and middle-class Wisconsinites. They are trying to position Gov. Evers to take the fall when the inevitable national recession comes, as the U.S. is now in the second-longest economic recovery in its history.

Let's bust this myth of Walker’s good economic record now:

1) Walker “pledged” to create 250,000 private sector jobs as the "minimum acceptable number" in his first term. He failed. He did not reach that goal until his last month in office, four years late!