bquintbOcasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’
LopensLeftArmAOC 2028
Viking_HippieCan’t we just annul the primaries and make it AOC/Omar 2024?
No, AOC cannot be president. She is currently 34 years of age
She was born October 13th, 1989. That means she’ll be 35 by the time of the election in November, not to mention before the inauguration in January (the date that actually matters). So, she’s definitely eligible.
Is there precedent to support this? I am genuinely interested.
CorkyskogIsn’t the precedent that time has never gone in reverse, and is unexpected to ever.
I was Shay’s under the impression that you had to be 35 to get on the ballot
No he’s right actually, you just have to be 35 to be president, not to get elected president. If AOC were the nominee and she won, she would definitely be president!
Her birthday is in late October. She’ll barely be 35 by the point of the election in November, but she will still be 35. So, she’d be 35 both when elected, and when inaugurated. It’s a non-issue.
jayrhackerAktually, Biden may have set the precedent for Senators when he was elected for Senate at 30, being born November 20, 1942[1] and sworn in January 3, 1973[2], having turned 30 less than six weeks earlier.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Early_life_(1942–1965)
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Senate_career_of_Joe_Biden