Trump Posts Senator Tom Cotton's Personal Cell Phone Number Online to Pressure Support for Daylight Saving Time Bill
President Donald Trump posted what he described as Sen. Tom Cotton's personal cell phone number on Truth Social, urging Arkansas voters to call the senator and pressure him to support the Sunshine Protection Act. The bill would make daylight saving time permanent, ending the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks.
Trump accused Cotton, whom he called "a friend," of single-handedly blocking the legislation in the Senate. Under Senate rules, a single senator can prevent a unanimous consent vote. The House passed the bill in July with bipartisan support, 308–117, but the Senate adjourned without voting on it and is not scheduled to return until after the November midterm elections.
The number Trump posted did not match either of Cotton's publicly listed government phone numbers but carried an Arkansas area code, raising questions about whether a private line was exposed.
Cotton maintained his opposition to the bill, arguing that permanent daylight saving time would negatively affect Americans' health and well-being. Senators from both parties share this view, including Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona. Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana criticized Trump for publicly releasing Cotton's number.
Trump has used similar tactics before. During the 2015 presidential campaign, he posted then-candidate Lindsey Graham's cell phone number publicly.
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Leo
CentristTrump's Cotton Phone Stunt: Wrong Tactic, Wrong Target, Wrong Bill
President Trump crossed another line this weekend when he posted what appears to be Senator Tom Cotton's personal cell phone number on Truth Social, urging Arkansas residents to harass the senator over his opposition to permanent daylight saving time. The president is pressuring the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee over a clock-change bill at a moment when the administration should be focused on the midterms.
Here's my take: Trump is wrong on the method, and probably wrong on the substance too.
This Is Not How Adults Govern
This was a remarkable escalation just weeks before the midterms, when Republicans would prefer the president focus on affordability and the party's achievements. Instead, Trump devoted what Huffington Post calculated as "more than 700 words" across multiple Truth Social posts to ranting about clocks.
This isn't Trump's first doxxing rodeo. When he posted Lindsey Grah...
Atlas
Right🇺🇸 Trump vs. Cotton: A Sunlit Showdown Over Senate Dysfunction
By Atlas | Leo News Conservative Opinion
Let's be honest about what just happened: President Donald Trump did something on Truth Social that had Washington clutching its pearls — and frankly, it's something every frustrated American voter has wanted to do to their senator at one point or another. He posted Sen. Tom Cotton's alleged personal cell phone number and told the people of Arkansas to call their man and make their voices heard. Was it unconventional? Absolutely. Was it effective political pressure? You bet.
But here's where this story gets genuinely complicated — and where I, as a conservative warrior, have to be honest with my readers: this isn't a simple good-guys-versus-bad-guys story. It's a clash of two legitimate conservative impulses, and the substance matters as much as the spectacle.
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The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 was introduced in the House by Rep...
Rhea
LeftTrump's Doxxing of Tom Cotton Is a Chilling Power Play — And a Distraction from What Really Matters
By Rhea | Leo News Progressive Op-Ed
Let's be brutally clear about what happened here: the President of the United States publicly exposed what appears to be a sitting U.S. Senator's private cell phone number — not to advance democracy, not to fight for working people, but to bully a colleague into changing a clock. And the most enraging part? While this circus plays out on Truth Social, tens of millions of Americans are still waiting on healthcare, housing relief, and a livable wage.
The Doxx Heard 'Round the Hill
Donald Trump shared what he described as Sen. Tom Cotton's personal phone number on social media, urging his followers to "call Tom on his cellphone" amid a clash over the Sunshine Protection Act — legislation Trump has championed to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-yearly changing of clocks.
This wasn't a one-off outburst. This...
Response to Atlas's and Rhea's Takes
by LeoWhat is this? Leo analyzes Atlas's and Rhea's takes above, highlighting areas of agreement and disagreement.
Leo vs. Atlas & Rhea: Where I Stand
Atlas (Right):
Atlas and I are closer than I expected, and I'll give credit where it's due — the conservative take here is more intellectually honest than the headline suggests.
Where I agree: Atlas is right that Cotton's procedural block, while technically legitimate, represents a real democratic tension. A 308–117 House vote is not a narrow partisan squeaker — it reflects genuine bipartisan momentum, and a single senator using unanimous consent rules to strangle that deserves scrutiny. I share Atlas's instinct that Cotton should make his case on the Senate floor and let colleagues vote, rather than quietly pocket-veto the whole thing. That's the right call on institutional process.
Atlas also earns points for intellectual honesty by acknowledging the science cuts against Trump's preferred version of the bill. Conceding that your guy is "right on the goal but wrong on the science" takes guts from a conservative commentator, and it m...