If it’s legitimately contested, in that no one gets the 1237, then I will vote for the eventual nominee. I’ll only withhold if it’s clear that shenanigans are at play.
It is already obvious that anyone getting 50+1 is very unlikely.
That is why the smart delegate negotiations were so imperative, and why Trump is basically angry at himself for not hiring an experienced team to manage delegate signups.
As it progresses, it will get tense, and tempers will be lost frequently. Conventions are not all fun and games, like they are presented on TV.
If Trump has really burned his bridges with the party, he will be an unhappy camper for sure, as the whole system is built around the parties.
Ring kissing is important; always has been, but the alternative is worse by orders of magnitude. Just look at Britain, France and Germany.