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ukraine eight skeptic to being willing to put his speakership on the line to get the foreign aid package passed with democratic votes, no less ? >> when mike johnson was a rank- and-file member of the house of representatives, he consistently voted against aid to ukraine. he was in that group of freedom caucus republicans who were the ideological far right of that conference. what he has said since is he's got a lot of intelligence briefings. when you are the speaker of the house, you are part of what is called the gang of eight. you get the highest level intelligence briefings possible and what has been impressed upon him is the gravity of the situation in ukraine and not just what is happening in ukraine but what could happen beyond ukraine if vladimir putin is successful in ukraine. clearly, his views were changed, were influenced as a result of these briefings. and, he has talked personally about the fact that his son is about