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Teenage journalist removed from Republican event by police

Quinn Mitchell at an event in New Hampshire in July. Mitchell is a politics enthusiast who has attended more than 80 presidential campaign events.
Quinn Mitchell at an event in New Hampshire in July. Mitchell is a politics enthusiast who has attended more than 80 presidential campaign events. Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA

A 15-year-old aspiring journalist who had a viral encounter with the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, earlier this year was escorted out of a Republican political event by armed police after he was accused of being a Democratic operative.

Quinn Mitchell – a politics enthusiast who has attended more than 80 presidential campaign events – said he was given a credential to the First in the Nation Leadership Summit, an event organized by the New Hampshire Republican party.

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