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.”
