Trump appears to share personal phone number of US senator in ploy to push permanent daylight savings
Donald Trump shared what appeared to be the personal phone number of Senator Tom Cotton on social media to pressure him into supporting the Sunshine Protection Act. The bill aims to make daylight saving time permanent, a move currently stalled in the Senate.
Why it matters
The incident raises questions about political decorum and the use of social media to mobilize public pressure against specific legislators.
Donald Trump and Tom Cotton in Washington DC in 2017. Donald Trump and Tom Cotton in Washington DC in 2017. Donald Trump Trump appears to share personal phone number of US senator in ploy to push permanent daylight savings US president urges Americans to call Tom Cotton to support bill to make daylight saving time permanent
Prefer the Guardian on Google Donald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of his fellow Republican and the chair of the Senate intelligence committee.
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