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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said that President Trump’s “big lie” that the 2020 presidential election was rigged was fact-free entertainment, like pro wrestling.
Romney was asked by CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday if Trump’s “repeated lies about the election” serves to “undermine American democracy.”
“Well, I do think it’s important for each better than to speak the truth and to make clear that the big lie is exactly that,” Romney replied.
“I can tell you that it is surely being used around the world to minimize the support for democracy. There is a battle going on in the world right now between the nations like China and Russia and nations that believe in democracy.”
“If the autocratic nations can point to the United States, which is the birthplace of this modern democracy, and can say, look, they can’t run an election there that is not fraudulent, how can you possibly run it in your country? That is, obviously, having an impact on cause of democracy and freedom around the world,” he added.
Romney went on to say that Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rigged was “entertaining” like professional wrestling but ultimately “not real.”
“I think, frankly, Jake, a growing recognition in the U.S. this is like WWF. That it’s entertaining, but it’s not real,” Romney said.
“I know people want to say, yeah, they believe in the big lie in some cases, but I think people recognize it’s a lot of show and bombast, but it’s going to nowhere. The election is over. It was fair.”
The former Republican presidential nominee then claimed Trump was lying because he somehow got his information from the “My Pillow guy” Mike Lindell instead of the intelligence community.
“Look, the president was crying foul on election night and actually before election night, and the question is, what were his sources of information?” Romney asked.
“Where did he hear that the election had been fraudulently carried out? Did he hear it from the Justice Department? No. Did he hear it from the intelligence community? No. Where did he hear it from? The My Pillow guy, Rudy Giuliani? It’s pretty clear the election was fair,” he added.
Romney’s remarks come as Arizona is finishing up its forensic audit of the 2020 election, with other states soon to follow.
General Michael Flynn issued a warning to America earlier this week during an appearance on Patrick Byrne’s Steel Truth podcast.