Three ways the GOP could cut ties with Trump

‘Conscience clause’

Another idea is to dust off an addition to the rules at the 1976 convention, called a “conscience clause,” which would allow delegates bound to a candidate to be unbound if they feel the candidate did or said things they disagree with between their state’s primary or caucus and the convention.

At this point, sources familiar with these discussions insist neither the congressional leadership nor the RNC is involved in these talks at all.

And, sources underscore, most of these ideas would be incredibly hard to execute — never mind that they understand it would feed into the very real anger at the “establishment” among GOP voters that fueled Trump’s victories in the first place.
It would likely prove Trump’s point: party systems are rigged and can’t be trusted.