COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sought to energize activists at a Democratic state convention in South Carolina, as the party's 2024 vice presidential nominee works to keep up the high national profile he gained when Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate.

The Minnesota governor and former vice presidential nominee calls for a shift during party's state convention.

While some Democrats have called on their party to change its rhetoric as its "toxic" brand sinks its favorability, Walz is doubling down.