Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and former President Donald Trump took Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis to task for saying Ukraine is not a “vital” national security interest to the U.S.

But DeSantis shot back Thursday night, telling Newsmax’s “Eric Bolling The Balance” that “I never changed anything” on his position of deterring Vladimir Putin or Russian aggression.

DeSantis admitted he once voted for lethal aid to Ukraine as a House GOP representative, but the current prospect of an “open-ended blank-check policy” to support Ukraine under President Joe Biden is a whole different level.

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