Jimmy Kimmel Is Ecstatic About the Possibility of Permanent Daylight Savings (Video)

“I am exceptionally proud to be an American today,” Kimmel says

Like almost everyone else in America, Jimmy Kimmel is thrilled by the news that America might finally ditch the stupid, weekend-ruining, possibly physically dangerous twice yearly time shift between Standard and Daylight Savings Time. And he celebrated it during his opening monologue Tuesday night.

He also lightly dinged the bill’s sponsor for having a rare pro-science argument behind it.

To catch you up, earlier in the day the U.S. Senate took a break from ensuring nothing good can ever actually become law to… help make something good become law. On a extremely rare unanimous vote, it passed Marco Rubio’s Sunshine Protection Act that, if it is also passed by the House of Representatives, will make Daylight Savings Time permanent.

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