• Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke about the midterm elections on Monday.
• He said good candidates, track record and awareness that democracy was on the line were key factors.
• Schumer also said he would try to sit down with Republicans to “get something done” in lame duck session.

Three things, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, contributed to Democrats’ victory in the Senate: excellent candidates, the party’s track record of successes, and voters’ awareness that democracy was on the line in these midterm elections.

Schumer continued  on Monday that Republicans who declared, “I’m a Reagan Republican, I’m a Bush Republican, I’m not [Trump’s MAGA] Republican,” gave their support to Democrats. That also had a significant impact.”

Moving forward, Schumer said he would try to sit down with Republicans to “get something done” as he returns to the lame duck session of Congress with a lengthy legislative to-do list before the new class of Congress begins in January.

“I will say to my party: We’re not going to get everything we want, like on the guns bill we didn’t get everything we want. But let’s try to sit down with the Republicans and get something done. And just as importantly, I’m going to say to the Republicans in the Senate, who are not the MAGA Republicans: stop letting them lead your party. Work with us to get things done,” he said.

“I intend to sit down with [Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,] and say ‘we should be working together. You’re not going to get the extremists in your party to work with anybody, but the rest of us can work together and get some real things done for the American people,'” he added.