Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue just fact-checked an Onion article

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue? More like secretary of killing jokes.

The Onion put a satirical spin on the recently-ended government shutdown, writing Monday that the USDA was "just doing quick smell tests to inspect all the backlogged meat that piled up during shutdown." It's true that 80 percent of America's food went uninspected during the 35-day-long shutdown. But as buzzkill-in-chief Perdue pointed out, meat wasn't included in that portion.

It's unfortunate that Perdue doesn't get much attention amid President Trump's tumultuous administration, because he seems like he'd be fun at parties or press conferences. Anyhow, read the whole Onion story here, and please remember that there's no need to take it as seriously as Perdue did.

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