Trump shares Republican senator's phone number in feud over time switch
Trump urged Arkansans to call Cotton as the House-passed bill faces Senate resistance, and a 2025 AP-NORC poll found 47% oppose the current system.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump posted Senator Tom Cotton's cellphone number on Truth Social, urging Arkansas residents to pressure the lawmaker into supporting permanent daylight saving time legislation.
- Cotton has repeatedly argued that permanent DST creates dangerously dark winter mornings, warning children would head to school before sunrise and commuters would begin days in darkness.
- Callers overwhelmed the number Saturday, leaving the mailbox full, while Journalist Aaron Parnas and Progressive political strategist Drew Savicki shared screenshots of their attempts to contact the senator.
- When Newsweek called the number provided by Trump, the call went to voicemail with a message saying, "Sorry the mailbox is full." Cotton declined to comment on the criticism.
- Americans are set to turn clocks back on November 1, but the House-approved measure remains stalled despite 64 percent of Americans supporting elimination of twice-yearly time changes in a YouGov survey.
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Trump Posts Tom Cotton's Phone Number Over Daylight Saving
President Trump publicly posted what appeared to be Sen. Tom Cotton’s personal cellphone number Saturday, urging Arkansas voters to pressure the Republican holdout blocking permanent daylight saving time. Trump used Truth Social to back the Sunshine Protection Act, which would lock in year-round daylight saving time and end the twice-a-year clock change. He singled out […]
Donald Trump really wants to have daylight saving time all year round. And he's using extreme methods to stop his opponents. When Senator Tom Cotton went against him, Trump posted his private number on social media.
Trump had previously made public, in 2015, the personal phone number of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, during their heated confrontation over the Republican nomination in the presidential election.
Furious Trump doxes Sen. Tom Cotton, releases personal cell number, over bill to end daylight savings
President Trump doxed Senate “friend’’ Tom Cotton on Saturday, blasting out the GOPer’s personal cellphone number online in furious retaliation for stopping a bill to make daylight savings time permanent
Trump posts cell phone number of senator in fight over daylight saving time
President Donald Trump on Saturday pressured Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, posting the personal cellphone number of the chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee and urging Americans to call it.
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