AOC holds first 2024 rally for Biden as progressives rage over Gaza

• Some of Ocasio-Cortez's fellow members of the progressive "Squad" did not vote for Biden in the Democratic primary, with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) explicitly endorsing an "uncommitted" vote.
• Hundreds of thousands of voters in states across the country voted uncommitted in the Democratic primary in protest of Biden.
• Tlaib, who is Palestinian American, has not committed to voting for Biden against former President Trump in November.

Driving the news: Ocasio-Cortez's rally Thursday, just four days before the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, was focused on abortion.

• "Four more years of President Biden versus Donald Trump is quite literally the difference between life and death," Ocasio-Cortez said.
• "As women, we don't have any other option besides reelecting decency, democracy, and equality, and that is the Biden-Harris administration."

Context: After declining to initially endorse Biden for re-election in 2022, Ocasio-Cortez issued her endorsement in July the following year, saying Biden had "done quite well, given the limitations that we have."

• Ocasio-Cortez has since emerged as a key Biden surrogate in trying to persuade young voters to back him on issues like climate change.
• She has faced backlash from the left for her support from Biden and has at times distanced herself from him on Gaza, including by sitting out several chants of "four more years" at his State of the Union in March,

What to watch: Some Democrats are fearful that progressives who voted "uncommitted" will sit out the election in November or vote third party.