Trump Posts Tom Cotton’s Number
Trump urged supporters to call Sen. Tom Cotton over a daylight saving time bill.
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What happened
Donald Trump publicly pressed Sen. Tom Cotton to stop blocking the Sunshine Protection Act. Trump posted what appeared to be Cotton’s personal cellphone number on Truth Social and urged Arkansans to call him. The bill would make daylight saving time permanent, ending the twice-a-year clock change. It already passed the House, 308-117, but has stalled in the Senate. Trump called the bill bipartisan common sense and said more afternoon daylight would help golfers, tennis players, hunters and farmers. Cotton rejected the push, saying past attempts failed because winter sunrises would come too late for schoolchildren. Afterward, Cotton held firm on X. Calls to the number led to voicemail or a full mailbox.
How each side covered it
From the left
The left led with direct pressure on a Republican ally: Trump published Cotton’s apparent cellphone number and told supporters to call him. CNN also emphasized that he was “encouraging people” to call Cotton’s cellphone. The Daily Beast cast the campaign as an angry intra-GOP outburst, while The Guardian, citing detractors, tied Cotton’s resistance to darker, riskier winter mornings for children. AlterNet questioned whether leisure and sports interests, especially golf, were driving the push more than public necessity.
From the right
On the right, Cotton was cast as the lone Republican obstacle to a broadly popular, bipartisan push to make daylight saving time permanent. Breitbart News pointed to Trump urging people to call Cotton and support the Sunshine Protection Act. Fox News also highlighted the escalation, saying Trump appeared to share Cotton’s personal cellphone number and urge Arkansans to pressure him directly. Just the News centered Cotton’s defense, with Tom Cotton saying Arkansas children should not go to school in the dark and that he would put Arkansas first.
Headlines
Left15
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Center5
Trump appears to post Sen. Tom Cotton’s cell number in push to make daylight saving time permanent
Trump urges calls to cellphone of Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in battle over permanent daylight saving time bill
Trump posts GOP senator’s cell phone number over daylight savings act stall
Trump puts Arkansas senator on speed dial in daylight saving time fight
Right8
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