President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday the Republican Party would try to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, calling it “inconvenient” and “costly.”

A Republican brouhaha is emerging after President-elect Trump called to eliminate daylight saving time, setting up battle lines between prominent GOP lawmakers in their hopes to lock the clock.

Traditionally nonpolitical topics like medical advice or the propulsion systems of cars are becoming highly partisan. Et tu, Daylight Saving Time?

While the trial proved popular at first, approval ratings dropped by 1974, with one of the main complaints being the lack of sunlight on winter mornings, according to the Smithsonian Magazine. In October of that year, President Gerald Ford signed a bill that ended permanent daylight saving time, cutting the trial period short.

There is a hefty amount of scientific research explaining why the time change is harmful to our body, sleep, and mental health.

Staying on standard time would mean a change for sunrise and sunset times. Here’s a look at when sunrise and sunset would be near you.

President-elect Trump on Friday said Republicans would push to eliminate daylight saving time, calling it “inconvenient” and “costly.” “The Republican Party will use

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has more on calls to abolish the biannual time change on 'Special Report.'

FOX 13 Chief Political Investigator Craig Patrick breaks growing support to make daytime saving permanent in the United States, including from prominent members of the incoming Trump administration.