Texas elector Chris Suprun responds to claims he wasn't first responder on 9/11

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Christopher Suprun of Dallas announced Dec. 5, 2016, in a New York Times op-ed piece that he won't vote for Donald Trump when the Electoral College meets Dec. 19, 2016.

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Christopher Suprun of Dallas announced Dec. 5, 2016, in a New York Times op-ed piece that he won't vote for Donald Trump when the Electoral College meets Dec. 19, 2016.

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Chris Suprun, Texas member of the Electoral College who announced that he won't vote for President-elect Donald Trump has briefly answered claims that he was not among the first responders at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

The 538 electors meet Monday in their state capitals to vote on the final outcome of the Nov. 8 election. It is expected that Trump will win, since the requisite 270 electors have said they will vote for him.

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In a report Thursday citing an anonymous source, WFAA in Dallas said there is no record that Suprun responded to the attacks. Suprun made reference to his response to the 9/11 attacks as a firefighter in a New York Times opinion piece Dec. 5, in which he said he would not vote for Trump. He has also talked about working for the Manassas Park, Va., Fire Department.

The question about his actions on 9/11 came up Friday in an "ask me anything" session on the discussion website Reddit.

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"That story exhibits a reckless disregard for the truth," Suprun wrote on Reddit of the WFAA piece.

Noting that he had never claimed to be a first responder with Manassas Park, Suprun said at the time of the attacks he was a volunteer firefighter for the "Dale City Fire Dept." and was later hired by Manassas Park.

"We've corrected the record with the journalist who wrote that story, and if he has any integrity, he'll reveal his anonymous sources and let everyone have open debate," he wrote. "I know where I was on that tragic day."

Even if the debate takes place, the allegation that Suprun was less than truthful raises questions about how electors are chosen.

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Each state picks its own electors at state party conventions. Republican electors from Texas were selected May 14 by the Republican caucus for each congressional district at the party's state convention in Dallas, party spokesman Michael Joyce said Friday by email.

Suprun was chosen by the 30th Congressional District caucus. Joyce said he didn't know how many applicants there were from the 30th Congressional District.

Anyone interested in serving as an elector applies to run, speaks to the group, takes part in a question-and-answer session and then is voted on by the caucus, Joyce said. State delegates in each congressional district are allowed to ask questions of applicants, Joyce said.

Once the electors are named by their congressional district caucus, the selection is final and is not subject to review or confirmation by another group or person, he said.