Texas Republican focuses on rebrand of ‘New York strip’ steak to ‘Texas strip’ amid Measles outbreak
As state grapples with worst measles outbreak in decades, Patrick homes in on resolution to ‘better market Texas beef’
While Texas grapples with its worst measles outbreak in decades, its Republican lieutenant governor has moved for the state’s restaurants and groceries to change the name of the “New York strip” steak cut to the “Texas strip” in what he evidently hopes is a blow to liberals.
Dan Patrick announced on Friday on social media that he intended to go to Texas’s senate and work with lawmakers to pass a resolution favoring the switch – which would not carry the force of law but nonetheless would amount to a substantial statement of legislative support.
Patrick’s announcement made it a point to allude to the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump ordered to be renamed to the Gulf of America in an executive order early in his second US presidency.
- And, perhaps anticipating reproval for his choice to focus at least some of his attention on renaming meat after a child in his state became the first person in the US to die from measles in a decade, Patrick’s statement said: “In a world filled with serious issues that address every day at the Texas capitol, this simple resolution will help better market Texas beef.”
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