Donald Trump spoke at the Georgia Republican Convention on Saturday and talked at length and repeatedly about the indictment brought against him Thursday and unsealed on Friday, calling it a “joke” and “witch hunt” while also bragging that it has been great for his campaign.

Georgia’s state GOP convention began Friday, but Trump’s Saturday speech has been the single focus of most coverage, coming on the heels of the historic 37-count indictment brought Thursday against the former president by special counsel Jack Smith in Florida.

Trump brought up the indictment repeatedly, starting right at the beginning of his speech when he referred to it as “ridiculous and baseless,” and the indictment by President Joe Biden‘s “weaponized Department of Injustice” will “go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country.”

“Biden is trying to jail his leading political opponent, an opponent that’s beating him by a lot in the polls, just like they do in Stalinist Russia or Communist China,” said Trump. “No different.”

A few minutes later he called it a “joke of an indictment,” but bragged that it is driving his poll numbers “way up.”

“Can you believe this? Way up,” he said. “Now it’s driven up, way up, and somebody said the fundraising is through the roof. That’s less important. But I will tell you, it’s really driven us right through the sky. We’re really winning big.”

He added that if he weren’t leading the field in the 2024 race “there’d be no witch hunt.”

“There’d be no indictment if I was losing,” he said.

TRUMP: The ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the Biden administration’s weaponized Department of Injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. Many people have said that. Democrats have even said it. This vicious persecution is a travesty of justice. You’re watching Joe Briden — Joe, but think of it. Biden is trying to jail his leading political opponent, an opponent that’s beating him by a lot in the polls, just like they do in Stalinist Russia or Communist China. No different.

TRUMP: As far as the joke of an indictment. It’s a horrible thing. It’s a horrible thing for this country. I mean, the only good thing about it is it’s driven my poll numbers way up. Can you believe this? Way up. Now it’s driven up, way up, and somebody said the fundraising is through the roof. That’s less important. But I will tell you, it’s really driven us right through the sky. We’re really winning big. We’re winning by every – we’re, beating the hell out of the Republicans and we’re beating the hell out of Joe Biden. That’s why they’re doing it. If I wasn’t. Let me tell you, if I wasn’t, there’d be no witch hunt. There’d be no indictment if I was losing. We’re winning by a lot against the Democrats. If I were losing, you know, they’re the party of disinformation.

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