President-elect Donald Trump issued a short statement saying Republicans would work toward ending daylight saving time.
DST was proposed by Ben Franklin in 1784 as a way to increase productivity by giving people more time to sleep when it's dark. The policy was adopted in the United States in 1918, but many states refused to participate, including Arizona, Hawaii, and the Territory of Puerto Rico.
“Summertime… has a small but powerful supporter, but it shouldn't do that!”
President Trump explained why he believes repealing DST is in the interests of the American people.
“Republicans will do everything in their power to abolish daylight saving time, which has a small but powerful base of supporters, but they shouldn't! Daylight saving time is an inconvenience and extremely costly to our country,” he wrote. . social media.
Representative Eli Crane (Republican) of Arizona, an anti-daylight saving time state, said: was praised That's the idea.
“President Trump is right. The rest of the country should follow Arizona's example. Let's get this done,” he said on social media.
Some argue that the ideal would be to keep daylight saving time and eliminate standard time so that no one would have to change their clocks between daylight saving time and standard time twice a year. 2024 poll Found While the majority of Americans want to make daylight saving time permanent, one study suggests that making standard time permanent could prevent hundreds, if not thousands, of suicides each year. There is.
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas sided With the Pro Standard Time guys.
“Congress once made daylight saving time permanent,” he posted. “It was so unpopular that Congress repealed it after less than a year. The only sensible and permanent way to end semiannual time changes is to make standard time permanent. I agree with @realDonaldTrump. We will tackle this together.”
In 2022, CNN health reporter Jacqueline Howard claimed that daylight saving time is racist because it disproportionately affects minorities by denying them sleep and somehow leading to worse health outcomes. did.
“Basically, anything that causes physical and psychological stress is a threat to sleep health, and these stressors tend to be more prevalent in Black communities,” Howard wrote. “Discriminatory policies and practices across various sectors of society are believed to create physical and social conditions that make it more difficult for Black families to get optimal sleep and grow healthily. ”
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