LS,
Have you ever seen Obama send Biden out to negotiate with Pelosi?
I haven’t.
My take is Trump is sending out Pence to tell Ryan get onboard or get out
of the way. And Trump does not want to elevate Ryan’s status by working
directly with him.
Very likely. And Pence is “one of them” (in their view, though I think he is now 100% Trumpoid).