Editing Gene Simmons (section)

===US electoral politics===
Simmons was a supporter of the [[foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration]].<ref>[http://www.genesimmons.com/news/082004.html News] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121208202854/http://www.genesimmons.com/news/082004.html |date=December 8, 2012 }}. GeneSimmons.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.</ref> He supported the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], writing on his website: "I'm ashamed to be surrounded by people calling themselves liberal who are, in my opinion, spitting on the graves of brave American soldiers who gave their life to fight a war that wasn't theirs... in a country they've never been to... simply to liberate the people therein".<ref name=iraq>[http://www.genesimmons.com/news/042003.html News] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121208143302/http://www.genesimmons.com/news/042003.html |date=December 8, 2012 }}. GeneSimmons.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.</ref> In a follow-up, Simmons explained his position and wrote about his love and support for the United States: "I wasn't born here. But I have a love for this country and its people that knows no bounds. I will forever be grateful to America for going into [[World War II]], when it had nothing to gain, in a country that was far away... and rescued my mother from the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]]. She is alive and I am alive because of America. And, if you have a problem with America, you have a problem with me".<ref name=iraq/>

In 2010, Simmons said he regretted voting for [[Barack Obama]] and criticized the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|2009 health care reforms]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1012/gene_simmons_knocks_obama.html|work=[[Politico]]|first=Patrick|last=Gavin|access-date=December 6, 2010|date=December 6, 2010|title=Gene Simmons Knocks President Obama}}</ref> Following Obama's 2011 speech on the Middle East in which he called on Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate a settlement "based on the [[Six-Day War|1967 lines]] with mutually agreed swaps",<ref>[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/19/remarks-president-middle-east-and-north-africa Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa], Barack Obama, ''[[The White House]]'', May 19, 2011</ref> Simmons told [[CNBC]] that Obama was gravely misguided. "If you have never been to the moon, you can't issue policy about the moon. For the president to be sitting in Washington D.C. and saying, 'Go back to your '67 borders in Israel' – how about you live there and try to defend an indefensible border – nine miles (14 km) wide?" Simmons also accused the [[United Nations]] of being "the most pathetic body on the face of the earth".<ref>{{cite news|last=Ben Gedalyahu|first=Tzvi|title=Video of Rock Star Gene Simmons: Obama Doesn't Have a Clue|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144384|access-date=June 1, 2011|newspaper=[[Arutz Sheva|Israel National News]]|date=May 22, 2011}}</ref>

In an April 2012 interview, Simmons endorsed Republican [[Mitt Romney]] for President: "America should be in business and it should be run by a businessman."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/kiss-frontman-gene-simmons-voices-support-for-mitt-romney-regrets-voting-for-obama-in-08/ |title=Kiss Frontman Gene Simmons Voices Support For Mitt Romney, Regrets Voting For Obama In '08 |website=[[Mediaite]] |date=April 3, 2012 |access-date=April 25, 2012}}</ref>

In an August 2021 interview, regarding the honesty of [[Donald Trump]] and his [[First presidency of Donald Trump|presidential administration]], Simmons said, "[W]e all lie to some extent, but what happened the last four years was beyond anything I ever thought imaginable from people who had lots of power — not just him, but the administration, everybody."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gene-simmons-on-donald-trump-presidency-it-was-beyond-anything-i-ever-thought-imaginable/|title=GENE SIMMONS on DONALD TRUMP Presidency: It Was 'Beyond Anything I Ever Thought Imaginable'|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=August 12, 2021}}</ref>

On November 10, 2021, he stated that people who refused to get the [[COVID-19 vaccine]] are "an enemy" and called them "evil".<ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Stunson|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article255740661.html|title='You are an enemy.' Gene Simmons of KISS slams 'evil people' who refuse COVID vaccine|website=[[Miami Herald]]|date=November 21, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref>