Trump appears to post Sen. Tom Cotton’s cell number over stalled daylight saving bill
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“Republicans in the Senate have to get moving on what I call the ‘No More Changing of Clocks Act,’ officially known as The Sunshine Protection Act,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social early Friday morning.
In that post, he said the twice-annual American tradition of changing the clocks “costs our Country a fortune, is bad for Crime, stress on people, Sports, and just about everything else you can imagine.”
On Saturday, in a separate Truth Social post , Trump wrote of Cotton, an Arkansas Republican: “Everybody in Arkansas, Tom Cotton, a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill. It’s called, ‘The Sunshine Protection Act’ or, ‘We Don’t Want to Change Our Clocks Twice a Year Act.’”
“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,” he added.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has previously opposed establishing permanent daylight saving time, saying dark winter mornings negatively affect Americans’ health and well-being. Anna Moneymaker / Getty In Saturday’s post, the president also appeared to include the senator’s phone number, writing: “To the Great People of Arkansas, please let your Senator know it would be a GREAT Bipartisan WIN for the United States Senate, and for America, itself. Call Tom on his cellphone ... and let him know.”
Trump posted about Cotton for a third time later Saturday, writing, “If Tom Cotton were putting Arkansas first, he would give them an extra hour of daylight and, more importantly, they wouldn’t have to run all over their houses, farms, work places, and everywhere else, twice a year, having to change their Clocks, and often forgetting to do so.”
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The senator has previously opposed establishing permanent daylight saving time, saying dark winter mornings negatively affect Americans’ health and well-being.
Cotton has pointed to the 1970s, when Congress did institute permanent daylight saving time but eventually reversed course after public opinion on it tanked.
“It’s said that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And that’s what would happen if Congress passes the so-called Sunshine Protection Act, once again ending Standard Time and imposing daylight savings time year-round,” Cotton said in a 2025 floor speech.
“If permanent daylight savings time becomes the law of the land, it will again make winter a dark and dismal time for millions of Americans,” he added. “By moving the clock back an hour in winter, permanent daylight savings time would push winter sunrises to an absurdly late hour, depriving Americans of morning sunshine that’s essential for our safety and…
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