JUST IN: United States Senator for Missouri, Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) EXPLODES, says, "You want to know why (Trump) is rising in the polls? Because the American people understand the injustice that's happening, and they don't want to see their country turn into a banana republic." WATCH "As a legal matter, this case is a total joke in a broader sense. You want to talk about threats to democracy? That's what this is across the street, the idea that the Democrats not only try to keep him off the ballot, Donald Trump, but now throw him in jail for the rest of his life because they know he's going to win in November, and the only way they think they can get after it is this unprecedented lawfare. We have never, ladies and gentlemen, we've never seen anything like this in this country. So I know this can kind of be normalized as you've been covering it. This is outrageous. If this were happening in any other country, our State Department would be warning people not to go to that country because it's a banana republic. And more broadly speaking, let me just say this from a political perspective. From a political perspective, the American people see what's happening. This has added jet fuel to his campaign. You want to know why he's rising in the polls? Because the American people understand the injustice that's happening, and they don't want to see their country turn into a banana republic." - Eric Schmitt