Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has proposed a resolution to rename the popular cut of beef known as the “New York Strip” to the “Texas Strip” within the Lone Star State.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has real beef with the term "New York strip." On Friday, Patrick took to X, formerly Twitter, to announce his gripe with the term and declared that the steak should be called "Texas strip.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he wants to change the name of the “New York Strip” to the “Texas Strip” at grocery stores and restaurants in Texas. In a post on X Friday, Patrick said the Texas Senate would file the resolution to official change the name to “Texas Strip” in Texas.

Move over Kendrick Lamar and Drake. The latest beef out there is between Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and New York, and it's all over a cut of beef that has maintained a pretty innocuous name for more than a century.

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Texas may officially rename New York strip steak after in a slap to the “liberal” Empire State that promotes local beef — but may fire up an interstate beef instead. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said “Texas strip steak” would better reflect the Lone Star State’s status as the cow capital of America.