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Trump posts Arkansas senator's phone number over daylight savings bill
Confirmed
In Short: President Donald Trump posted Sen. Tom Cotton's apparent personal cellphone number on Truth Social, urging supporters to call the Arkansas senator and encourage him to support the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent.
The bill, which passed the House in July with bipartisan support, is stalled in the Senate due to Cotton's opposition.
In his post, Trump accused Cotton of holding up the legislation, which has garnered significant bipartisan backing.
Trump's move comes as the Senate is out of session until November, and the bill remains in a Senate committee.
Cotton, who has been a vocal supporter of daylight saving time, doubled down on his stance after Trump's post.
Trump's post included Cotton's phone number and urged constituents to call him.
The Arkansas senator's phone number, which has an Arkansas area code, was called by Fox News but did not reach Cotton.
This is not the first time Trump has publicly disclosed a fellow Republican's phone number; he previously shared Sen. Lindsey Graham's number during a campaign event.
Graham responded humorously to the incident with a video showing various ways he could destroy his phone.
The bill's failure to pass despite bipartisan support marks another setback for Trump, who has prioritized the legislation.
Sen. Cotton's push for daylight saving time has been a point of contention, with other Republican and Democratic senators on the Senate Commerce Committee previously voting against advancing the measure.
What this adds
The sources have not established whether Cotton's phone number was indeed his personal number or a different number.
What's confirmed
- “For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it’s very easy to do, it only takes one. It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
- Fox News Digital called the phone number associated with the Dardanelle, Arkansas, area code but did not reach Cotton.
- But the bill’s failure to pass despite bipartisan support marks another setback for Trump, who has made the SAVE America Act a priority but has been unable to get it signed into law.
- Hours after Trump called out Cotton for rejecting a bipartisan unanimous consent made by Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. to move the Senate bill last Fall, the Arkansas senator doubled down on his support for daylight savings time.
- The move came after Graham called Trump a “jackass” on CBS that morning.
- Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Truth Social amid his push to pass a bill which would end daylight’s savings time.
- The Truth Social post from Trump comes as the Senate is out of session until Nov.
- The House passed its version of the bill in July by 308–117, garnering bipartisan support.
- The House bill was referred to a Senate committee, but it hasn’t been touched.
What's still developing
- Tom Cotton on Saturday, publicly posting what appeared to be the Arkansas senator's personal cellphone number and then attacking Cotton again after the senator refused to back down over permanent daylight saving time.