AUSTIN, TX — A second Republican member of the Electoral College has said he won't be casting his vote for Donald Trump as president, according to an opinion piece published in the New York Times on Monday.

Christopher Suprun, a paramedic from Dallas, wrote in the Times that Trump is not qualified for the office, citing stridently worded tweets the president-elect has recently made on issues as inconsequential as an actor's portrayal of him on "Saturday Night Live." Such priorities in Trump's tweeted missives even after securing the presidency disqualify him from, he wrote.

"Mr. Trump goes out of his way to attack the cast of 'Saturday Night Live' for bias," Suprun wrote. "He tweets day and night, but waited two days to offer sympathy to the Ohio State community after an attack there. He does not encourage civil discourse, but chooses to stoke fear and create outrage. This is unacceptable." Just tried watching Saturday Night Live - unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse. Sad

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2016 Suprun referenced an attack at Ohio State University during which a man taking umbrage at the treatment of Muslims went on a stabbing rampage on campus before being killed by police. Trump often takes to Twitter to lambaste his critics, including SNL — ironically a show for which he served as host during his presidential campaign. Within an hour of the last SNL broadcast during which Alec Baldwin offered a reprise of his Trump impersonation, Trump commandeered his Twitter account to slam the performance.

Baldwin later replied via tweet saying he'd stop impersonating him if the president-elect were to release his income tax returns, which he never did during the run-up to the election in spite of mounting pressure for him to do so. But Suprun's opposition to Trump isn't limited to the president-elect's penchant for tweeting. In his opposition to Trump, Suprun also invoked 9-11, a terror attack to which he was dispatched in rendering medical aid to victims as a paramedic.



"Fifteen years ago, as a firefighter, I was part of the response to the Sept. 11 attacks against our nation," Suprun wrote. "That attack and this year's election may seem unrelated, but for me the relationship becomes clearer every day."



Calling former President George W. Bush an "imperfect man," he nonetheless lauded the leadership he displayed during the worst attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor.

"That was also the last time I remember the nation united," Suprun wrote. "I watch Mr. Trump fail to unite America and drive a wedge between us. Mr. Trump shows us again and again that he does not meet these standards. Given his own public statements, it isn't clear how the Electoral College can ignore these issues, and so it should reject him."

If you tweet to lobby me to vote one way or the other in #ElectoralCollege I will not engage everyone, but I likely am reading it.

— (((Chris Suprun))) (@TheChrisSuprun) December 1, 2016 Suprun is one of 538 electors scheduled to officially cast their Electoral College ballots on Dec. 19. Trump became president-elect by virtue of his majority of Electoral College votes even as his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote by 2.7 million votes.

