Monica Crowley falsely claimed that “unemployment ... remains at historical lows”
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On The McLaughlin Group, Monica Crowley falsely claimed that “unemployment, which is starting to tick up, still remains at historical lows.” In fact, every state except West Virginia has a higher unemployment rate -- some significantly higher -- than its historic low. Moreover, the current national rate of 6.1 percent is higher than when President Bush took office in January 2001, when it was 4.2 percent, and is just two-tenths of a percentage point below the highest rate of the past 10 years.