Republicans are increasingly frustrated that President Donald Trump is spending critical campaign cash on a convention stunt ahead of the midterms, according to the president's former communications director.

Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as Trump's communications director and now appears on "The View," revealed on Friday that the Republicans she speaks with view the plan as a huge waste of money at a moment when candidates desperately need funds.

CNN host Wolf Blitzer reported, "Republicans are privately questioning ... the president's upcoming midterm convention in Texas." One concern, he noted, is whether the event can "strike the right tone, given the electorate's concerns about the cost of living." Major party nominating conventions traditionally take place only in presidential election years, making a midterm-year convention an unusual departure from long-standing practice.

Speaking to Blitzer, Griffin said she is hearing anger from her Republican friends.

"Listen, I have yet to find a Republican operative heading into these midterms who thinks that this GOP convention makes any sense whatsoever. It's going to be extraordinarily expensive for the Republican Party to put on," said Griffin. "And what I keep hearing is every single dollar that the party has should be going toward fighting for vulnerable House Republicans to try to retain control of the House, in supporting must-win Senate seats again to try to retain control of the Senate."

Citing an Axios report from Friday morning, Griffin noted that the first two days of the GOP convention will overlap with the NFL season opener.

"So, you're going to be counterprogrammed by something that you just cannot pull Americans' eyes away from. Even the most tried and true Republican voters," Griffin added. "Voters are probably going to tune in to the NFL over this convention."

Another problem, she said, is that the party does not have much to sell. Promoting Trump's tariffs and the war with Iran has not proven successful thus far. She also argued that Democrats, for their part, do not appear to be offering anything other than an anti-Trump message.

"But what Republicans have been struggling with is what do they proactively tell voters they've gotten done to make things better for them, to make things more affordable? Because right now, people look at high gas prices," she continued. "They look at increasingly high inflation, and they say, 'This administration hasn't delivered enough for me.' So, I don't know that this convention is going to accomplish the goals that it sets out to."

Blitzer joked that he might have a hard time choosing between the convention and his beloved Buffalo Bills — though he quipped that he has a pretty good idea of which one he will choose.