Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has faced a wave of criticism for failing to control his caucus after a group of Senate Democrats defected to join Republicans and back a deal to reopen the government. But, according to Lawrence O’Donnell, while it may be easy to criticize the New York Democrat, another lawmaker may earn the title of the biggest loser in the shutdown deal: House Majority Leader Mike Johnson.

On Monday’s “The Last Word,” O’Donnell acknowledged that the Democratic base had reasons to be frustrated over the way Senate leadership handled the vote, even if keeping one’s party in line is a difficult job, especially during a shutdown.

“Who in the United States Senate right now could have persuaded the senators from Nevada to worry less about the disruption in air traffic to Las Vegas?” O’Donnell asked, adding that “every Democratic member of the Senate” had “a chance to persuade” their colleagues against joining the compromise.

“It might be easy to call for his resignation, but it is not easy to say who — with a name — could do a better job,” O’Donnell said of Schumer......

But funding the government won’t be Johnson’s only issue, O’Donnell noted. When the House returns, the speaker must swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, whose arrival means eventually bringing to the floor a bill calling for the release of government files related to Jeffrey Epstein.