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Of only two republican electors who defected from donald trump. kyung lah joins me from austin. what happens to chris supren now tomorrow? he's received horrible death threats to both him and his family. does he go back to normal life? >> reporter: it's 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 and what he bakded up his argument for being a faithless elector, he was a 9/11 responder to the pe...

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 we're having about the electoral college is important and it's 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 be, says fellow texas elector, matt stringer. >> you're supposed to be a steward of the people's vo...

The texas state capitol. we're coming in through a t tunnel. >> coming in through a tunnel, another method to get where we're headed. >> reporter: heading to the electoral college vote in the texas house chamber. side by side of security because of innumerable death threats. he's a so-called faithless elector. this lifelong republican defying his state's election results and voting against donald trump. calling the president-elect dangerous and unqualified. >> there's lots of pressure. i'm going to do what i can to do the right thing and we'll go from there. [ chanting "we reject the president...