Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Sunday said Donald Trump s ongoing lying that he won the 2020 election is like WWF, comparing the former presidents return to rally events with the lurid theatrics of staged wrestling entertainment.

Trump held a rally in Ohio Saturday, during which he again repeated false claims that the presidential election was rigged against him, telling supporters it was the scam of the century and the crime of the century.

I do think its important for each person to speak the truth and to make clear that the Big Lie is exactly that, Romney told CNN s Jake Tapper on State of the Union when asked if more Republicans should call out those lies.

Romney said he was concerned that Trumps attacks on the American electoral system could serve as ammunition for autocratic nations against democratic ones, leaving an impact on the cause of democracy and freedom around the world.

But in the U.S., Romney added, he believed that there was increasing recognition that Trumps bluster is a bit like WWF, ostensibly referring to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), formerly known as World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Trump was sporadically involved with a number of WWE storylines between the late 1980s and early 2000s and is listed in its Hall of Fame .

Its entertaining, but its not real, he said. And I know people want to say, yeah, they believe in the Big Lie in some cases, but I think people recognize that its a lot of show, and bombast. But its going nowhere.

He noted that no credible sources have vouched for Trumps claims of fraud, which he was spouting even before the election and on election night.

Did he hear it from the Justice Department? No. Did he hear it from the intelligence community? No. So where did he hear it from? The MyPillow guy? Rudy Giuliani? What are their sources of information? he asked. Its pretty clear the election was fair, it wasnt the outcome the president wanted, but lets move on.

Romney, an outspoken Trump critic, was the sole Republican senator to vote for Trumps conviction at his first impeachment trial. He was one of seven in his party who did so at the second trial, on the charge of inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.