Ron DeSantis wanted to send weapons to Ukraine when he was a congressman -- as a presidential hopeful he questions US involvement | CNN Politics

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis once strongly supported arming Ukraine to fight Russia, urging then-President Barack Obama to do so as a deterrent to Russian aggression in Eastern Europe a position at odds with his statements this week questioning the United States' involvement in the conflict.As a conservative congressman, DeSantis, now a potential presidential hopeful, urged sending defensive and offensive weapons to Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 and even voted to refuse to fund a new missile defense treaty with Russia until they withdrew from Ukraine, according to a review of DeSantis' past comments by CNN's KFile.

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