Christopher Supren News Today

Of only two republican electors who defected from donald trump. kyung lah joins me from austin. what happens to chris supren now tomorrow? hes received horrible death threats to both him and his family. does he go back to normal life? >> reporter: its going to be an uphill climb trying to get back to that normal life. part of the reason is he says he has been a victim of an extraordinary smear campaign which he says has shredded his professional reputation. supren, part of his strong narrative a...

Lead, reminding electors that by the latest tally, trump lost the popular vote by around 3 million, yet still wins the white house by the electoral vote. >> no matter what happens today, this conversation were having about the electoral college is important and its going to continue. >> texas now puts president trump over the top. >> reporter: in the end, texas electors put donald trump over 270. supren was joined by one other faithless elector dumping trump. this is the way the process should b...

The texas state capitol. were coming in through a t tunnel. >> coming in through a tunnel, another method to get where were headed. >> reporter: heading to the electoral college vote in the texas house chamber. side by side of security because of innumerable death threats. hes a so-called faithless elector. this lifelong republican defying his states election results and voting against donald trump. calling the president-elect dangerous and unqualified. >> theres lots of pressure. im going to do...