At age 7 , Mitchem talked his way into the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago . Mitchem picketed in front of the United Center for more than four hours with a placard reading " Let me in , DNC . Let me in . " Given a pass from a representative of the Transport Workers Union of America , it took another three hours to convince security to let his mother and him in on the same pass . Once inside , he attracted the interest of the press . Afterward , Oprah Winfrey made Donavan a correspondent , and he covered President Bill Clinton ’s victory speech in Little Rock , attended his inauguration in Washington , D.C. , and attended the 2000 DNC as a guest of Clinton
1996 Democratic National Convention
1996 Democratic National Convention
Donavan Mitchem