Fox News host Laura Ingraham delivered a dire warning to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, saying that time is running out to avert serious losses in the forthcoming midterm elections.

During the Tuesday evening edition of her show, "The Ingraham Angle," Ingraham sent what The Daily Beast described as a "blunt" message to the president, cautioning that the GOP's majorities in both the House and the Senate are at risk in November. The warning carries added weight given Ingraham's long-standing role as one of the president's most supportive voices in primetime cable news. The warning came during a discussion with her guest, American Majority PAC CEO Ned Ryun, a conservative grassroots strategist, who said the party was "whistling past the graveyard" as it disregarded the potential for certain Republican stronghold states to flip Democratic in the midterms.

"I think Republicans are kind of whistling past the graveyard on some of these Senate seats that they thought were safe," Ryun said. "We got to kick it into gear over these next 10 weeks, or we are looking at not only the House but also the Senate as well."

According to Ryun, the at-risk red states include South Carolina, Alaska, Nebraska and Ohio, and surprise losses in just a few of those states would put the GOP's Senate majority in serious jeopardy. Control of the Senate determines which party sets the chamber's agenda and confirms or blocks presidential nominees, raising the stakes beyond individual seats. Ingraham added that she is also worried about the race in Iowa for retiring Sen. Joni Ernst's seat, which is set to be contested between Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson and Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek. Open seats created by retirements are generally more competitive than races with incumbents, who typically benefit from name recognition and established fundraising networks.

"I think there are a number of states that Republicans better get their act together. Iowa is one of them," she said.

"The Senate is thumbing their nose at the base over the SAVE America Act," Ryun added. "Gas is $4.10 a gallon. You know, they're not seeing a lot of the things they voted for. The Iran war is killing us."

The concern about both chambers reflects a durable historical pattern: the president's party has lost House seats in nearly every midterm election since World War II, with 1998 and 2002 standing out as the main exceptions. How Trump navigates the final stretch, and whether vulnerable Republicans embrace or distance themselves from him, is likely to shape the closing phase of the campaign.

In its report on Ingraham's warning, The Daily Beast noted that "Trump still considers himself an electoral asset and according to a report in The Atlantic, intends to put himself front and center in last-minute midterm campaigning." The outlet added: "But Trump's approval ratings are at historically low levels, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll putting him at 33 percent as his unpopular war on Iran sends gas prices higher at the pumps."

That slide in approval has left some Republicans scrambling to create distance between themselves and the president, especially on issues of particular importance to their states. Hinson, for example, recently broke with Trump over his announcement that he would be allowing 300,000 of imported beef into the U.S. without a tariff in an attempt to address soaring costs, a decision that caused considerable frustration among American cattle farmers.

"We need to focus on affordability, but I think this isn't the way to do that," Hinson said during a recent appearance on Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures."