Go ahead and throw the convention
Use whatever rules you can cite or rewrite to justify it
Then go home and prepare for the party to fracture for a generation or more and to have single party democrat rule in America
Guarantee your 2020 convention will be much much smaller
Much much smaller
No big tent needed
If good upstanding, moral Christians think that it is just fine to play dirty, underhanded Convention tricks in an attempt to STEAL the nomination from the front runner, then they aid and abet their Marxist cohorts in crime.
OH! THEY SAY, BUT IT’S NOT STEALING! IT’S ALL LEGAL!
What is legal may not ALWAYS be moral or ethical. In fact, very little that is legal seems to be moral or ethical. If a behavior or action even comes into question, err on the side of safety and avoid it, so as not to be a stumbling block to others. Are not Christians supposed to live their lives BEYOND REPROACH?
Well, we reproach this kind of behavior. Millions of your fellow citizens have already expressed that it would be wrong not to have the front runner become the nominee.
Ah, but who divided the Party so viciously before it got finally fractured under your scenario?