Trump Doxxes GOP Senator's Cell Phone Number Amid Push To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
Cotton defended his opposition to permanent daylight saving time after Trump urged Arkansans to pressure him.
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TAP FOR WHYThe Daily Caller is a partisan digital news outlet, which warrants a more cautious institutional rating than a major wire service or newspaper of record. This article has a byline and attributes several details to other named outlets, though its correction practices and reporting standards are not established by the article itself.
- Source type — A partisan national digital outlet; facts are presented in a news format.
- Transparency — The article attributes several reported details to named publications and identifies the social-media posts as sources.
- Author attribution — A named author is identified.
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The article quotes both Trump’s call to pressure Cotton and Cotton’s response, gives the House tally and Senate scheduling context, and attributes several details to named outlets. It does not independently verify Trump’s public-opinion claim or provide outside policy analysis of permanent daylight saving time.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes Trump’s stated case for permanent daylight saving time and Cotton’s objections, and it supplies context about the House passage and Senate recess. It does not independently examine the competing policy arguments or verify Trump’s public-support claim.
- Counterarguments presented — Trump’s argument for more evening light and Cotton’s concerns about winter mornings both appear.
- Source diversity — The article draws on the posts and reporting attributed to several named publications.
- Omitted context — It offers little independent analysis of the policy tradeoffs or evidence behind the public-opinion claim.
The reporting is mostly factual and includes both Trump’s rationale and Cotton’s response, but the headline’s use of “doxxes” frames Trump’s action negatively. The article also recounts a prior instance of Trump revealing a senator’s number.
- Language tone — The headline uses the negatively charged term “doxxes,” while most article language is reportorial.
- Source selection — The article includes statements from both Trump and Cotton and references reporting from multiple outlets.
- Framing — It foregrounds the personal-number disclosure and mentions Trump’s earlier similar action.
Donald Trump posted Sen. Tom Cotton’s cellphone number and urged Arkansans to pressure him to advance the Sunshine Protection Act. Cotton defended his opposition to permanent daylight saving time, while the article notes the Senate was not due to resume business until after the midterm elections.
President Donald Trump posted what the article identifies as Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton’s cellphone number, blamed him for stalling the Sunshine Protection Act and urged Arkansans to call him. The measure would make daylight saving time permanent; the House had passed it 308-117, but the article says no Senate vote was looming because the chamber was in recess until after the November midterms.
Cotton responded on X that he opposed permanent daylight saving time because of winter sunrise times and children going to school in darkness. The article also reports that Trump cited benefits of more evening light and claimed more than 65% of the public wanted it. It says the number was not listed on Cotton’s official website and that reporters and other outlets reported difficulty handling the resulting calls.
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50 OUTLETSOutlets 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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