Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Democrats have to “look in the mirror” and see what they did wrong in the November elections.

“We did some things wrong, and we have to look in the mirror and see what we did wrong,” he told “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday during an appearance on the show. “And then there’s some things we didn’t do that we should’ve done.”

Republicans gained control of the Senate and kept the House of Representatives in November.

“We should regard this election, certainly it was a loss, but it’s also a challenge,” Schumer noted. “And we did some things right against some very severe headwinds. We kept four of those seven contested Democratic seats.”

Democrats have to focus on “working families” in the U.S., according to the lawmaker, who noted legislators have passed measures to help them. Schumer pointed to an infrastructure bill, chip “hubs” for manufacturing and research purposes and lower costs for prescription drugs.

“So, we did a lot of good things, but all too often … we talked about the mechanics of the legislation and the details of the legislation, but we really didn’t show the kind of empathy and concern — or show enough of it — to average working families who didn’t realize how much we had done and how much we care for them,” Schumer said.

Democrats will “stand with the working families of America,” which will bode well for them, Schumer said.

“I think people are going to realize that the Democratic Party is the party of working families, of working people,” he said. “We’re doing more for them.”

The sentiments follow Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who caucuses with Democrats, accusing the party of abandoning the working class. The senator said in a statement after the November election a lack of affordable healthcare was one reason why voters were dissatisfied with the Democratic Party.

The White House later pushed back on Sanders’ accusation, touting President Joe Biden’s “pro-union” record.

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