“There are some people running around the country right now saying that our party has a problem with its brand, that we’re not relating to folks,” Christie said Tuesday, according to video of a private event obtained by WPTZ-TV. “It’s not our party’s problem, it’s our candidates’ problem.”

Christie added: “There is nothing that is wrong with the Vermont Republican Party that cannot be fixed by an outstanding Republican candidate for governor, for United States Senate or anything else.”