Teenage journalist removed from Republican event by police

Quinn Mitchell, who had credential for New Hampshire political summit, says he was accused of being ‘tracker’ and ‘disturbance’

A 15-year-old aspiring journalist who had a viral encounter with 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.