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 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. The…
President Donald Trump urged supporters to contact Senator Tom Cotton, a fellow Republican and chair of the Senate intelligence committee, in an effort to gain support for a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act, which passed the House of Representatives in July, faces opposition in the Senate from some Republicans who oppose the measure.
President Trump and his administration argue that the change would provide more daylight during the times when Americans are most active. However, critics contend that permanent daylight saving time would result in darker and potentially more dangerous winter mornings for children waiting for school buses and parents commuting to work in the dark.
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