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

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hit the campaign trail on behalf of President Biden for the first time this cycle with a rally in Las Vegas focused on abortion.

Why it matters: The rally cuts against growing divisions between Biden and his party's progressive flank over his continued support for Israel in its war with Hamas.

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.