Laura Ingraham: Election cycle will be ‘brutal’ for Republicans

Fox News host Laura Ingraham said this year’s midterm elections will be “brutal” for the GOP as the party navigates rocky political territory before November.

“This is going to be a brutal cycle,” Ingraham said on her Fox News show Wednesday.

“Republicans might pull it out — we all hope they do — but they have got to hammer that they’re coming for your money, your gas-powered car, your air conditioner, everything you love, your private health insurance and they’re going to take it from you. Period, end of story,” she added, discussing democratic socialists, who have experienced recent electoral success.

Republicans are in a tough spot about two months before Election Day, with the unpopular war in Iran hitting the six-month mark Friday, President Trump’s approval numbers slumping, Democrats doing well in recent polling and widespread concern about economic conditions.

According to the polling average from Decision Desk HQ, Trump’s approval rating as of Thursday afternoon was 39.2 percent and his disapproval rating was 57.5 percent.

On Wednesday, Trump again pushed for Americans to vote as if he were “on the ballot” in November, but with his struggling approval, the suggestion may be a risk.

“I see it all the time, that when Trump’s on the ballot, they win,” the president told Fox News’s Trey Gowdy. “When he’s out of the ballot, the people don’t go to vote, and I’m asking the people … to get out and vote. Pretend I’m on the ballot.”

Ingraham’s comments also come amid tension in the Democratic Party over its future direction, with those on the left, including democratic socialists, wanting the party to follow their direction, while centrists have expressed concern with the recent rise of democratic socialists.