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Not your daddy’s GOP: DeSantis and Trump speak against American aide to Ukraine | Opinion

Jack Ohman

March 19, 2023, 8:00 AM

Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump dump fuel on their own party’s position on Ukraine.

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