AOC Says She’ll Vote for Biden But Still Praises the “Uncommitted” Movement 

Far-Left Congresswoman Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez (AOC) said she would vote for Biden in November but still had nothing but praise for the Pro-Palestinian “uncommitted vote” movement. This all transpired during a recent appearance by the self-described “social democrat” on The Late Show with Steve Colbert.

She told one-time fake conservative host Colbert that she wants Democrats to recognize the “upside” of the movement.

“These are folks that easily could have given way to cynicism,” the progressive New York Democrat said.

AOC then went on to argue that people who are voting uncommitted in various primaries are not walking away from the voting process but are instead using it to voice their frustration against Democratic lawmakers. Another upside that Ocasio-Cortez pointed to is that while these voters are upset with Democrats, they also are not giving their support to former President Donald Trump – or so she claims.

“The Democratic Party has always been a coalition party, and we have to bring everybody together every time because that’s what it means to be American,” Ocasio-Cortez said to Colbert. “And so they are offering and saying, ‘This is what’s important to us.’ A lasting peace is what’s important to us.”

Recent primary elections in the Democratic Party have seen a significant number of voters choose “uncommitted” instead of casting their ballot for President Joe Biden. These votes come as many have spoken out against his handling of the war in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group.

AOC admitted that there is a “complex political fabric” on the topic of the war in Gaza and suggested that Democrats and voters acknowledge “the pain that we’re holding.” She added that if the Democratic Party can achieve this with voters, they can start coming together ahead of the election.

Colbert then asked Ocasio-Cortez if she would be voting to reelect Biden, to which she said yes.

The topic of uncommitted voters could pose a problem for Biden in the presidential election, which is looking to be a rematch between him and Trump, the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party. Since February, the movement has turned out hundreds of thousands of voters to cast “uncommitted” ballots in Democratic primaries across the country in protest of President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza, where over 33,000 Palestinians have been killed and tens of thousands more face dire humanitarian conditions. Organizers are demanding that Biden call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and end US military aid to Israel.

Both Michigan and North Carolina saw over 10% of voters vote either “uncommitted” or “no preference” in their Democratic primary elections. Biden is trailing behind Trump in both of these states in polling data released last week.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, AOC’s fellow “squad member” who represents the majority-Arab Michigan city of Dearborn, endorsed the movement and cast an uncommitted ballot herself. The campaign has been led by Layla Elabed, Tlaib’s younger sister.

In recent weeks, Biden has grown more critical of Israel but has yet to implement significant changes in US foreign policy toward the Jewish state. Democratic lawmakers, meanwhile, have increasingly grown willing to impose conditions or restrictions on aid to Israel.