Fox News host pleads with Trump to spend bigger on spiraling midterms

President Donald Trump has begun to dole out PAC cash to midterm campaigns, but to some of his conservative allies, it still is not enough, with one prominent Fox News host pleading with him to double his efforts.

On Monday morning, the Washington Post released a report detailing the new midterm ad blitz that the GOP has launched in September, as poll after poll shows Democrats with a major growing lead over them across numerous key races. According to the report, advertising records show that Trump's main super PAC, MAGA Inc., and other PACs tied to him have dished out $130 million in new spending on midterm campaigns since the start of the month, following major concerns that the president would hoard his massive $400 million fundraising war chest.

“For the party, it’s a relief,” Jason Shepherd, a longtime GOP strategist in Georgia, told the Post, adding that the infusion of cash "could prove powerful enough to undo some of that [Democratic] progress, through advertisements, campaign mailers, and door-knocking."

While many in the party might be feeling a wave of relief, others are still pleading for more, including Fox News host Laura Ingraham. Responding to a post from the outlet about the new report, the Ingraham Angle host suggested that the president ought to do a lot more.

"They should double that number," Ingraham wrote in a post to her official account.

"The flood began Sept. 5 when the president’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., reported spending $10 million in Texas to support Republican Ken Paxton, the state attorney general locked in a competitive Senate race," the report detailed. "On Saturday, Trump’s super PAC reported spending another $5 million on the race. The money for advertising arrives with less than 50 days until the midterm elections, and Republicans at risk of losing their narrow majorities in both chambers. For months, Democrats have had a head start on reaching voters, blanketing the airwaves to introduce their candidates and attack GOP opponents. Democratic candidates have consistently outraised their opponents, and polls have Democrats in position to retake the House and potentially the Senate."

This is not the first time that Ingraham has used her various platforms to plead with Trump to take the midterms more seriously. During an August edition of her Fox News program, she said that, "I think there are a number of states that Republicans better get their act together," and that, "Iowa is one of them." This came in response to a comment from American Majority PAC CEO Ned Ryun, who worried that the GOP was "kind of whistling past the graveyard on some of these Senate seats that they thought were safe."