We think that if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Meghan Markle ever met, they would be friends.

Not only because they are both women of colour shaking up historic institutions with their passion and their voices. But because both of them have become the cherished targets of the tabloid media. Like Meghan, everything that Ocasio-Cortez does is scrutinised by the press.

If she wears a nice coat, critics wonder how much she paid for it. If she dances in a video, they label her flippant. If she doesn’t crack a smile during President Donald Trump’s bizarre State of the Union speech, she’s called “sullen, teenage and at a loss”.

The latest criticism of Ocasio-Cortez? That she’s a hypocrite. The cover of the New York Post this weekend was an investigation into how Ocasio-Cortez “wants to save the planet with her Green New Deal, but she keeps tripping over her own giant carbon footprint”.

Why the latest criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is so troubling