I understand what you said, but the RNC doesn’t give a Rats A$$ about Conservatives. If they succeed to shut down Trump, they will suffer the consequences.
Rather than let the Primary process determine the Nominee, they interfere with it.
I’m a Cruz guy and the Liberal GOPe Pukes hate his guts and always join the Democrats in attacking him when he wanders off the Reservation.
Remember the Republicans joining the Democrats in eviscerating Cruz for supposedly Shutting Down the Federal Government? Yep, a First Term Junior Senator did that all on his own, LOL
Why do you think they open the race in Iowa and New Hampshire?