Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised Vice President Kamala Harris and her platform despite her historic loss to President-elect Donald Trump, who not only won massively in the Electoral College but also a national majority.

Schumer, who quickly backed Harris, a former Senate colleague, following President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his reelection bid in early July, said her platform will have “strong impacts” on the Democratic Party moving forward.

“Schumer is facing a Republican majority of at least 52 seats in the Senate. As of Wednesday night, Democrats were still hoping to hold onto some key undecided races,” Axios reported, adding: “If Republicans pick up more than 52 seats, the majority moves further and further away from Schumer in the 2026 midterms. Democrats have limited pick up options in two years.”

Noting that he won’t be majority leader after the Senate convenes for its new session in January, Schumer called for the kind of bipartisanship with Republicans he seldom showed them over the past four years.

“As I’ve said time and again, in both the majority and the minority, the only way to get things done in the Senate is through bipartisan legislation while maintaining our principles — and the next two years will be no different,” he said in a statement.