Crossfiled2 outlets · filed 2 October 2026
Senate Republican on Trump posting Cotton's number: 'From zero to a--hole in about 3 seconds'
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) weighed in Sunday after President Trump posted Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-Ark.) phone number online amid a dispute over permanent daylight saving time, quipping that the president "can go from zero to a--hole in about three seconds." “Every now and then, there are disputes in Con
What the coverage shows
The Hill is the only outlet directly covering the Trump-Cotton phone-number dispute, with Kennedy’s “from zero to a--hole” quote as the focus. Vox does not cover that event at all here; its item is a separate podcast episode about what Republicans think of Trump’s second term.
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