Ocasio-Cortez would reach the mandatory age of 35 years old in time to be a vice-presidential candidate or run for president herself in 2024. Others see her joining a Democratic administration.

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© Drew Angerer/Getty Images U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) outside of the Democratic National Committee headquarters on November 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Fox News' Tucker Carlson has said she could be in power in 2024.

Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson has said the gap between the rich and the poor is growing at such a rate that it is creating a climate in which Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could run for the presidency in 2024 and win.

In a segment on Friday, Carlson said that big corporations which have done well in the coronavirus pandemic are 'giving capitalism a bad name,' increasing the wealth gap and laying the groundwork for 'socialists' to come to the fore in future.

In a sentiment that many progressives might agree with, he said that companies like Amazon, Netflix and Walmart were the 'big winners' of the pandemic and so should pay a 'one-time COVID fee' to pay for the next bailout. He also suggested that Ivy League universities should use their endowments 'to pay off some of the student debt they caused.'

'Here's the bottom line—the rich are getting richer, everyone else is getting poorer, that is not a talking point, it's true and measurable,' Carlson said.

'Why is it a problem? Because if it continues, we are going to wind up with an even more volatile society in which everybody hates each other and is consumed by envy and along the way, capitalism itself will be discredited and you don't want that. It's already happening.'

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He said that the people in charge of the economy 'are discrediting our system' and 'giving capitalism a bad name.' He described the U.S. economy as a 'closed game' run for the benefit of the elites which in the long run, will be a 'disaster for all of us.'

'In four years, for example, Sandy Cortez will be eligible to run for president,' he said, referring to the progressive New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the constitutional requirement to be 35 years old to take office.

'So you may laugh at Sandy Cortez, and you should. She is a vacuous idiot, not the rich girl narcissist with an overheated Twitter account. But that doesn't mean she couldn't win. If we keep up this economic craziness, she could win,' he said.

Last week, Ocasio-Cortez, a Bronx native who once had to work as a waitress and bartender to help keep her family financially afloat, criticized Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw who was caught on tape mocking her former food-service job.

On Thursday, she defended her push a liveable minimum wage and coronavirus relief measures without strings.

'You know, shout out to my fellow radicals who think that we should live in a humane advanced society,' she said during an Instagram Live.

Newsweek has contacted Ocasio-Cortez's office for comment.

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Will AOC run for president in 2024? Will she be the right age to candidate? As the US presidential election hurtles towards a nail-biting photo-finish, many are already looking to the future. With the news Kanye has set his sights on the next election, many are wondering if we’ll see an AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) campaign next.

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How old is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

AOC is 31 years old. She was born on 13 October 1989 to Puerto Rican-American parents.

She grew up in New York, splitting her time between the Bronx and Yorktown. Seeing the poverty and income inequality of her neighbourhoods growing up inspired her to run for office.

She won the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th congressional district in 2018, defeating veteran democrat Joe Crowley and becoming the youngest Congresswoman in US history.

Speaking of her victory, Ocasio-Cortez has said: “I don’t want to be a saviour, I want to be a mirror.”

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Since being elected she has championed healthcare for all Americans, promoted preventative climate change policies and continues to fight to end poverty.

She is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the White House and US government, and has called out misogyny in the House. According to Vanity Fair: “Ocasio-Cortez became the de-facto spokeswoman for the historically diverse 2018 mid-term class, including a record 36 women and 24 people of colour as freshmen in the House.”

What is the minimum age needed to run for President?

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To run for the position of President of the United States, you must be over 35, have lived in the US for more than 14 years and be a natural-born citizen of America.

By October 2024, AOC will be 35 years old, reaching the legal minimum required age for a presidential bid. However, as her birthday falls in October, she may not have reached the required age when nominations are being made.

However, recent presidents and presidential candidates have been of an older generation. Trump was the oldest US president yet, taking the role at the age of 70.

Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton was 68 and Joe Biden is pushing for a new record as the oldest president at 77. By contrast, Barack Obama was relatively young, being 47 at his inauguration.

The youngest ever president voted into office was John F Kennedy at 43 years and 236 days. This doesn’t bode well as a trend for AOC, with presidents skewing much older than the minimum age for a presidential nomination.

However, there has never been a female president either, so AOC could potentially break two records in one if she were to run for president in 2024.

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AOC’s re-election into Congress

After her shock win four years ago, AOC has just been re-elected into Congress during the 2020 election. She retained her role with ease and will remain within the House to further the work she has already started.

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She has also been vocal in her support for Biden, as well as calling out Trump on Twitter for his recent claim he had been victorious in the 2020 election.

Support for AOC as president

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Many on Twitter are showing their support for Ocasio-Cortez, and have hope AOC will run for president in 2024 or at some point in the future.

Ocasio-Cortez herself has said: “I think it’s part of our cultural understanding of politics where – if you think someone is great, you automatically think they should be president. I joke. I’m like, ‘Is Congress not good enough?’”

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It seems as if AOC is happy with her congressional seat and re-election for now. There’s no time limit on Ocasio-Cortez’s political career and a presidential run doesn’t have to happen as soon as she is eligible.