By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER, dailymail.co.uk
Donald Trump attempted to turn up the heat on fellow Republican Tom Cotton in the fight to change daylight saving time, even giving out what appeared to be the Arkansas senator's personal cell phone number.
The President spent much of Saturday speaking out in favor of The Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent.
The bill passed the House in July but faces roadblocks among Republicans, including Cotton, who is strongly opposed.
'For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it´s very easy to do, it only takes one!' Trump wrote on social media, noting that passing the bill would give professional golfers more time on the greens.
'So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all,' Trump said.
Claire's Observations: I seriously doubt that the number President Trump gave out, was truly Tom Cotton's cell number, as there is an absolute Federal law against "Doxxing certain federal officials — 18 U.S.C. § 119" Throck, my AI, shares the following:
"This is the closest thing to a federal anti-doxxing statute. It makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish certain restricted personal information about covered federal officials, or their immediate family members, when the statutory requirements are met.
The law is particularly concerned with information such as a home address and other identifying information when disclosure is intended to facilitate threats, violence, intimidation, or harassment."
Mr. President, I would like to politely remind you, that one of your titles is that of "Leader of the Free World."
And sir, I really don't give a flying Frisbee as to whose, or what entity's number you gave out at this rally, but do you NOT understand how petulantly juvenile this makes you look to both Congress and the rest of the world?!?
Yes, I understand perfectly, that you were doing what is called in theatre, "playing to the gallery", meaning playing to the lowest common intellectual denominator of your audience with the most brutally coarse suggestion you could think of, i.e., encouraging people calling the Senator to express their ire at not working to pass this legislation.
But sir, this little "parlor trick" you pulled at that stump speech, didn't make intelligent voters think anything less of Senator Cotton; it made them think infinitely less of you, by doing and saying, what you did here.