Tuberville calls on Musk, Ramaswamy to make daylight saving time permanent

In a Wednesday post on social platform

His goal is to have the division led by X owners Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy replace daylight saving time.

“The outdated practice of changing clocks twice a year is foolish and should be stopped.” Tuberville wrote online.citing a post in which DOGE announced it was considering changes.

“@elon musk, @VivekGRAmaswamy Let’s lock our clocks and make daylight saving time permanent,” he added.

Musk responded to Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) last week, who asked supporters if they supported the change. The tech giants simply said “yes.”

To help Americans get more sunlight through the changing seasons, states have for decades adjusted their clocks twice a year, in November and March, as decided in 2007. However, some people find adjusting to ever-changing schedules too taxing.

According to the newspaper's survey, 43% of the public would like to maintain standard time all year round, 32% would like clocks to remain on daylight saving time, and 25% would like most parts of the country to remain on standard time. He says he wants the situation to remain the same. Associated Press and NORC Public Relations Research Centera nonpartisan research organization.

Parts of Hawaii and Arizona state government council. U.S. territories, including American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, adhere to similar regulations.

President-elect Trump has previously supported making daylight saving time permanent, and his nominee for secretary of state, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), has also supported making daylight saving time permanent. sponsored the bill In support of last year's changes.

It's unclear whether Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy are committed to overturning that norm.