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 pentagon. trump supporterses have said according to supren, he wasn t there, that never happened, that he simply made it up. we called the dale city fire department in virginia and that department did confirm, john, that he was a member from 2000 to 2002, but they just can t exactly place his whereabouts on
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 vote. reporter: do you think christopher supren is doing the right thing? no, i don t believe so. i disagree with him going faithless. donald trump won an overwhelming number of the state s electors to be president. we are a republic. reporter: was this all worth it? absolutely. i cast a ballot based on my principles and values. you never go wrong when you re doing that. again, christopher sup