Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time
President appeared to share phone number of Tom Cotton for people to call to push him to support measure
TL;DR
- Donald Trump is publicly pressuring Senator Tom Cotton to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent.
- Trump shared what appeared to be Cotton's personal cellphone number and encouraged people to call him.
- Cotton opposes permanent daylight saving time, citing concerns about hazardous darker winter mornings for children and parents.
- Trump argues that permanent daylight saving time provides more daylight and avoids the hassle of changing clocks twice a year.
- This is not the first time Trump has publicly shared a senator's personal contact information.