Trump Posts Sen. Cotton's Number

What happened

President Donald Trump posted what he said was Sen. Tom Cotton’s personal cellphone number and urged Arkansans to call him. Trump wanted Cotton to support the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent and end twice-yearly clock changes. The House passed the bill 308–117, but it has stalled in the Senate, where 60 votes would be needed to overcome a filibuster. The United States tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s, then reversed course after late winter sunrises drew opposition. Trump said the change had broad public support and would add afternoon light. Cotton said Arkansas children would go to school in the dark. Cotton remained opposed, and the bill stayed stalled.

How each side covered it

From the left

Left-leaning outlets framed Cotton’s resistance as a substantive stand for Arkansas families, while lingering on the blowback from Trump’s pressure campaign. Daily Beast emphasized Cotton’s warning about children going to school in the dark, then cast the episode as a fiasco that brought calls and mocking payment requests. Salon reached for Republican criticism that daylight saving time was too minor for such an escalation.

From the right

Right-leaning outlets led with Trump turning a policy dispute into a personal clash inside his own party. The New York Post described the move as doxing and personal retaliation against an allied senator over daylight saving time. The Post Millennial emphasized Cotton’s refusal to bend, presenting his stance as putting Arkansas first against Trump’s pressure.