Trump Leaks Senator Cotton’s Phone Number Over Sunshine Protection Act

President Donald Trump published a phone number with an Arkansas area code on Saturday, urging Americans to call U.S. Senator Tom Cotton over a legislative stalemate regarding the Sunshine Protection Act, yahoo.com reported.

Donald Trump Leaks Phone Number in Standoff Over Sunshine Protection Act

The confrontation centers on year-round daylight saving time, a proposal that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on July 14, 2026, by a 308-117 vote, according to the New York Post. President Trump criticized Senator Cotton in a social media post for holding up the legislation in the U.S. Senate, where the measure faces strong opposition from some Republicans, according to reporting by yahoo.com.

President Trump told reporters on Saturday that changing clocks twice a year discombobulates everybody and creates unnecessary complications for daily life, yahoo.com reported. The president also pointed to a letter from PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp supporting the legislation to give golfers more afternoon daylight, aljazeera.com reported. When the Associated Press and The Guardian called the published number on Saturday, no one answered, and the voicemail box was full or the service carrier stated the wireless customer was not available, theguardian.com reported.

Safety Concerns and Congressional Arguments Against Year-Round Time

Senator Cotton has strongly opposed the bill, arguing in a Senate floor speech that permanent daylight saving time would force children, construction workers, and farmers to begin their winter days in the pitch black, theguardian.com and the New York Post reported. Senator Cotton warned that in states like North Dakota and Washington, the sun would not rise until nearly 9:45 a.m. during the height of winter, theguardian.com reported.

Critics of the permanent change point to potential hazards for children waiting for school buses and parents driving to work in winter darkness, yahoo.com reported. Senator Cotton also argued that human biological rhythms align more closely with standard time than daylight saving time, according to the New York Post.

Public Polling and Past Legislative Precedents on Clock Changes

A 2025 poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicates that 47% of U.S. adults oppose the current system of switching clocks twice a year, while 40% are neutral and only 12% favor keeping it, theguardian.com reported. The U.S. Senate previously passed a similar bill in 2022, but that measure stalled in the House, theguardian.com reported.

Releasing a lawmaker’s personal contact information mirrors a tactic President Trump used during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, when he published the personal cellphone number of the late Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina after Senator Graham criticized him, yahoo.com reported. Senator Graham responded at the time by destroying a series of flip phones in a viral video before later becoming a close ally of President Trump, yahoo.com reported.

Senate Adjournment Delays Vote on Sunshine Protection Act

The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday and is not scheduled to return until after the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the New York Post reported. This legislative break guarantees that millions of Americans will reset their clocks to “fall back” on Nov. 1, the New York Post reported.

It remains unclear whether public pressure from the phone number disclosure will alter Senator Cotton’s legislative stance or if Senate leadership will bring the Sunshine Protection Act to the floor for a recorded vote when the chamber reconvenes, aljazeera.com reported.