“I’ve sat across the table with Hillary Clinton eye-to-eye, and when you’re working outside of staff and outside of the press, she is somebody I can work with,” King says. | AP Photo Steve King: Clinton ‘is somebody I can work with’

Steve King won’t be voting for Hillary Clinton in November, but the former secretary of state “is somebody I can work with,” the Iowa congressman said Thursday.

“I’ve sat across the table with Hillary Clinton eye-to-eye, and when you’re working outside of staff and outside of the press, she is somebody I can work with,” King said during a speech at the Des Moines Register’s Soapbox at the state fair.


King backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primary but praised Donald Trump and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence during his speech on Thursday, days after formally endorsing the GOP ticket.

“I’m walking into those polls and I’m going to vote for Donald Trump and Mike Pence for our new administration,” King said during a rally in Sioux City on Monday, according to the Des Moines Register. “And I’m going to do my best to bring others with me.”