Former DNC chair Jaime Harrison speaks during the South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina. (Sam Wolfe/For The Washington Post)

By Sabrina Rodriguez

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — A mostly Black crowd of hundreds of Democrats erupted in cheers when former national party chairman Jaime Harrison urged them to “go on offense” and energize their communities to propel a “blue Democratic wave” in next year’s midterms. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

But offstage Saturday, Harrison was still wrestling with the problems of the last election.

“I feel like, as chair, my voice was not always heard, that I was taken for granted. I was seen as somebody to just rubber-stamp and not to actually have a seat at

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