Joy Behar corrected by Yang, McCain after she floats 30-year-old AOC for vice president
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Businessman Andrew Yang pushed back on Thursday's "The View" after co-host Joy Behar floated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., as a potential vice presidential pick in the 2020 election.
"AOC would be actually a good choice, except that she's a Bernie person," Behar said, referring to the New York congresswoman's initials. Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who, Yang said, had supporters that former Vice President Joe Biden might need to win over with his pick.
After Behar's suggestion, McCain reminded Behar that Ocasio-Cortez wasn't old enough to serve as a vice presidential pick.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"She's not? As a VP?" Behar asked.
"The Constitution has a minimum age for president and it's conceivable that the vice president is going to be president," Yang responded.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG CONFRONTS AOC OVER COMMENTS ABOUT OLDER DEMOCRATS: 'BOTHERED THE HELL OUT OF ME'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}According to Article II of the Constitution, both the president and vice president must be 35 years old to be eligible for the office. Ocasio-Cortez was born in 1989 and is 30 years old.
"The View" previously challenged Ocasio-Cortez for criticizing older Democrats in a recent appearance on the show.
"I was very happy when you were elected because I thought it was a great step ... and then you lost me," co-host Whoopi Goldberg told Ocasio-Cortez, "because it felt like you were saying to people like me that I was too old and didn't do enough."
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Ocasio-Cortez quickly jumped in to deny that, but Goldberg continued. "Well, that's what it sounded like and so that has bothered me because I feel like I love young people .. but you're on my shoulders."
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"Absolutely," Ocasio-Cortez responded. Goldberg added: "And we have carried this fight."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She referred specifically to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, both Democrats from California.
To hear an apparent dismissal from Ocasio-Cortez "bothered the hell out of me," Goldberg said. "And I've been very upset about it for a long time."