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Trump Posts Republican Senator’s Number in Daylight Savings Feud: ‘Call Tom on His Cellphone’

Trump posted a number he described as Cotton’s personal phone number while urging Arkansans to call the senator about the bill.

Trump Posts Republican Senator’s Number in Daylight Savings Feud: ‘Call Tom on His Cellphone’
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This article1 analysis · Oct 3, 2026
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Oct 3, 2026
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Donald Trump posted what he described as Sen. Tom Cotton’s personal phone number and urged Arkansans to call him over the Senate’s inaction on the Sunshine Protection Act. The article says the number was not among Cotton’s publicly listed government contacts.

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Tom Cotton R · AR · SEN
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This story reports what happened without casting Cotton in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Cotton’s record.

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Tom Cotton
R · AR · SEN

Senator whose number Trump posted and whom Trump accused of holding up the bill

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who posted the number and urged people to contact Cotton

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50 OUTLETS
Trump Presses Tom Cotton Over Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill

Outlets agree that Trump urged people to contact Sen. Tom Cotton and posted a number he said belonged to Cotton as he pushed for permanent daylight saving time. Cotton opposes the change, citing dark winter mornings. Left-leaning outlets focus on Trump's public pressure and phone-number post, often presenting the disclosure as an inappropriate or ineffective tactic. Center outlets largely describe both sides' policy arguments and the phone-number episode. Right-leaning outlets often pair Trump's push with Cotton's winter-morning objection, though some portray Cotton as delaying action.

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