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"It's extremely hypothetical," Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said. | AP Photo RNC chairman: 85-90 percent chance of no brokered convention

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Friday predicted that there is only a slim chance of a brokered convention in July, despite the groundswell of establishment opposition to Republican front-runner Donald Trump.

During an onstage conversation with Sean Hannity at CPAC, Priebus responded to the Fox News host's question about what would happen if a certain candidate entered the convention in Cleveland, short of a clear majority of 1,237 delegates and then that candidate ended up losing on subsequent ballots. Priebus stressed that the situation is hypothetical and that it is "highly unlikely" such a situation would ever arise.

"What are the odds it won't happen?" Hannity asked at the National Harbor, Maryland, confab.

“I don’t know 85, 90 percent," Priebus said. "It's extremely hypothetical."

Priebus referred to the 1976 Republican convention, the last time there was a lack of clarity about a nominee heading into the event. The rules vary on the number of ballots that delegates are bound to support their candidate, he said.

"Again," Priebus said, gesturing with both index fingers, "highly, highly unlikely. Just so everyone's clear out there."

The remarks came during a broader discussion about the state of the GOP race, with Priebus emphasizing that there are still 1,744 delegates up for grabs. He also cautioned those looking ahead to March 15, noting that 14.5 percent of the delegates would be distributed between Saturday and the day of the primaries in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.

Hannity asked Priebus about Republican voters frustrated that their election of congressional majorities still hadn’t yielded the results they promised: Obamacare is still in place, and Obama’s deferred action immigration program is still in effect.

“There’s a feeling that Republicans didn’t fight, they were too timid,” Hannity said.

Priebus — to groans and boos — noted that though Congress has the power of the purse, “they also have a Constitution that provides for veto authority.”

Priebus agreed GOP leaders shouldn’t “promise things that you can’t deliver.”

“If I could singlehandedly repeal Obamacare and if I could tear up executive amnesty, I would,” he said.

As Priebus spoke, Ted Cruz trashed the very notion of a brokered convention as "the pipe dream of the Washington establishment," speaking to reporters ahead of a rally in Orono, Maine. "It is their hope that they can come and snatch this nomination away from the people."

"All of their golden child candidates aren’t winning. And they don’t understand. They picked who they want the nominee to be, and there’s just one little detail — they can't actually get the votes from the people. In my view, a brokered convention ain’t gonna happen," Cruz said, remarking that a brokered convention "would cause a revolt."

Kyle Cheney contributed from National Harbor, Maryland.