"There's no leverage over us," RNC chairman Reince Priebus said.
Faced with no good options, the party is preparing for a messy convention.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The RNC, which has made broadening its base a priority, just lost its head of black outreach.
Smooth move, idiot.
Republican insiders have floated the idea of a third-party conservative.
The end of political parties as we know them.
Asked if he expected a convention fight, the RNC chair said: "I highly doubt it."