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 leaks senator’s number after row over clock-change bill: What’s the dispute
Under the current system, Americans move their clocks one hour forward in March and one hour back in November. Moving the clock forward means sunrise and sunset appear one hour later on the clock. If the sun would normally rise at 7 am and set at 6 pm, the clock change would make them appear as 8 am and 7 pm. This gives people more daylight in the evening.
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President Donald Trump speech from his latest campaign rally. Watch as he discusses election strategy and his past successes in Ohio. In this address, President Trump speaks to supporters outdoors, focusing on his commitment to campaigning for key candidates. He outlines the current political landscape and emphasizes the importance of grassroots engagement to secure victories. President Trump also Slams Senator Tom Cotton for holding up daylight…
Senator Tom Cotton stops a project that seems to be very close to the US president's heart: the permanent introduction of summer time. Now Donald Trump appeals to the people of Arkansas: »Call Tom on his cell phone.«
Trump posts senator’s cell phone number after 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.
The President calls on his voters to call a Republican senator because he is blocking a bill for permanent summer time.
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