Cotton’s opponent: ‘Not once’ has daylight saving time come up on campaign trail
Cotton defended his opposition to making daylight saving time permanent after Trump urged supporters to pressure him.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYThe Hill is an established national news outlet with named authors and newsroom reporting. This brief article attributes the main remarks to named speakers but offers limited independent evidence or policy context.
- Source type — Established national news organization.
- Editorial standards — The outlet has a newsroom structure and established editorial practices.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited.
- Source transparency — The article identifies the speakers and attributes their statements, but provides little additional sourcing.
The story identifies and quotes the principal speakers and reports a House vote and race forecasts. It is brief, relies largely on politicians’ statements, and provides little independent context about the bill or the competing arguments.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The story includes Cotton’s rationale and response alongside criticism from Trump and comments from Wicker. It gives limited space to the substance of the bill or to perspectives beyond political figures.
- Counterarguments presented — Cotton’s objection and explanation appear alongside Trump’s criticism and Wicker’s view.
- Source diversity — Several elected officials and a Senate candidate are quoted or described, but no independent experts or affected residents are included.
- Omitted context — The article gives little detail about the bill’s provisions or the broader arguments for and against it.
- Loaded language — The reporting is generally neutral and attributes evaluative statements to their speakers.
The article reports statements from Shoffner, Cotton, Trump and Wicker in largely neutral language, without an evident partisan framing.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive wording; statements and criticism are attributed to their speakers.
- Source selection — Includes views from the candidate, the senator opposing the measure, the president criticizing him, and another senator.
- Framing — Frames the issue through campaign remarks and the dispute over the bill rather than endorsing a position.
Hallie Shoffner said daylight saving time has not come up on the campaign trail, where voters she speaks with are focused on prices and health care. The remarks came amid President Trump’s public pressure on Sen. Tom Cotton over his opposition to permanent daylight saving time.
Hallie Shoffner, the Democratic candidate challenging Sen. Tom Cotton, said she had not been asked about daylight saving time during her campaign. She said Arkansans she speaks with are focused on gas and grocery prices and health care.
Cotton opposes making daylight saving time permanent, saying it could leave children traveling to school in darkness. President Trump criticized Cotton’s position, posted his cellphone number, and urged supporters to pressure him. Cotton defended his stance, and Sen. Roger Wicker said opposition to the measure was greater than Trump realized. The House passed the measure in a 308-117 vote in July; the article also notes that election forecasters favor Cotton to keep his seat.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
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.
People in this story
SWIPE →Democratic Senate candidate challenging Tom Cotton
Shoffner's version of this story ↗President who criticized Cotton over the bill
Senator who said opposition to the bill was greater than Trump realized
Part of a bigger story
58 OUTLETSTrump posted a number he said belonged to Cotton and urged Arkansans to call him about making daylight saving time permanent. Cotton opposed the change, citing dark winter mornings for children traveling to school. Left-leaning outlets emphasize the disclosure and portray Trump's pressure as inappropriate or ineffective, often centering Cotton's reply. Center outlets mainly report the post alongside the policy dispute and Cotton's concerns. Right-leaning outlets stress Trump's effort to advance the bill and often cast Cotton as holding it up, while noting his winter-sunrise concerns.
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