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In 1984, King endorsed Gary Hart's presidential campaign.
During the 2008 presidential election, King voiced his support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama. King was quoted as calling conservative commentator Glenn Beck "Satan's mentally challenged younger brother".
King has criticized Donald Trump and Rep. Steve King, deeming them racists.
In June 2018, King called for the release of the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was jailed in Russia.
In the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, King endorsed Elizabeth Warren's campaign. Warren eventually suspended her campaign, and King later endorsed Joe Biden's campaign in the 2020 general election.
In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, King expressed support for Ukraine. On his Twitter, account King posted a photo in an "I stand with Ukraine" t-shirt and later tweeted that he refuses to cooperate with Russian publishers.
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King at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, 2013
(United States Air Force base and NATO Allied Air Command)
У Славјанску Доњецке Народне Републике, у зградама школа бр. 14 и 20, националисти су опремили ватрене положаје, оклопна возила, артиљерија великог калибра и МЛРС су постављени на суседној територији, становници оближњих кућа су насилно држани у просторије ових образовних установа под изговором обезбеђења;
