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Guy is paying a price for his faithlessness. >> a very heavy price. let's remember why. because he is the only republican elector in the country who has publicly said that he'll flip. that he won't vote for donald trump. 37 of them of those republican electors are needed to flip and send it to the house of representatives. they say it might be possible, but what it has meant for this man, innumerable death threats against him, his wife and his children. he will be doing that vote today with security. the threats keep coming to christopher suprun to warnings on social media to messages on his c...

To. but 2016 has been anything but usual. >> bottom line. he hasn't won yet. the only vote that matters when it comes to president has not happened yet. >> reporter: bret formed the hamilton electors the day after the election now trying to urge electoral college members across the country to block trump from 270 votes. for that to happen, 37 republican electors must flip. suprun is the first republican to publicly flip, but he said he heard from others. >> we believe that there is a large group of people who are staying silent out of fear or maybe because they haven't made a final decision. b...

So, i think it probably should end up the way it's going to end up today. >> but you're saying that you think they should fall in line, but what about suprun there who says i have to vote my conscious. i can't live with myself if i won't. i don't know if there is more, but you heard the democratic elector say, we've heard there are dozens of republican electors who feel that way. but we don't have any evidence. >> even they got it down from 270, it still goes to the house of representatives. >> they're not the final buffer. >> right. but, part of voting your conscious is thinking about what th...

Pointless then? >> not if you're trying to vote your conscious. not if you're trying to do the right thing and bring up the issue. i was hoping he would become the president we all wanted him to be. he kps proving me wrong. >> as suprun arrives here in the texas state capital in several hours he will be greeted by protesters. those protesters urging the other electors here in texas and other state capitals to vote against trump. chris, alisyn. >> important point. they get together in their state. less lobbying to take place. he's in texas. i don't think that's one of the 28 states where you ha...

Way i want. i'm going to kill you. >> reporter: because he is a republican texas elector and he's a so-called faithless elector. the conservative life-long republican will not vote for donald trump. even though the gop easily won texas. why not vote for donald trump? i mean, isn't that what you're supposed to do? >> if i'm a rubber stamp, that's exactly what i'm supposed to do. this is, unfortunately, the first time we needed to use it as a nation, but it's time to pull the brake. >> reporter: he claims that goal of stopping trump has made him the target of a smear campaign. he was a volunteer...