WATCH LIVE at 10:30 a.m.: DeSantis speaks in Palm Beach County

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Ribbon-cutting event held at EAA Reservoir Project Site

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, May 9, 2023, in Miami. Florida officials are warning drivers of potentially widespread fuel contamination at gas stations across the state's west coast as residents brace for the landfall later this week Tropical Storm Idalia. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said late Sunday, Aug. 27 that gasoline purchased after 10 a.m. Saturday at some Citgo-supplied stations had a strong likelihood of being contaminated with diesel fuel. The Port of Tampa contamination is happening right of the eve of the storm, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at Sunday news conference. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) (Rebecca Blackwell, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will give remarks Thursday morning at a ribbon-cutting in Palm Beach County.

Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Shawn Hamilton and South Florida Water Management District Chairman Chauncy Goss are scheduled to join DeSantis at the EAA Reservoir Project Site, near the north entrance to the South Florida Water Management District A1 Flow Equalization Basin.

The event is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.

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After taking second place in Iowa, DeSantis on Sunday suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination ahead of Tuesday’s primary in New Hampshire, which Trump also won.

“It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” DeSantis said in a video on X, fka Twitter, the same platform used to launch his campaign in May 2023. “...He has my endorsement because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear, a repackaged form of warmed-over corporatism that Nikki Haley represents.”

In a statement, Trump’s campaign said it was honored to receive DeSantis’ endorsement.

ClickOrlando.com will stream the ribbon-cutting when it begins.

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