Ken Cuccinelli, the 2013 Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia, said Tuesday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie should resign the chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association now that evidence has emerged tying the Christie administration to a politically motivated bridge closing.

Christie is under intense state and federal scrutiny after public revelations that his top aides last year closed access lanes between Fort Lee, N.J., and the George Washington Bridge to create gridlock and punish Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, possibly for not endorsing Christie’s re-election.