(CNN) Republican Rep. Scott Taylor of Virginia said Thursday that the GOP nominee for Senate in his state has "zero shot" of defeating Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine based on the campaign he is running.

Taylor said in an interview on the John Fredericks Show that Corey Stewart had not called to ask if he'd campaign with him yet but that "there's no way in hell" Stewart could win without altering his message.

"He's not called me yet," Taylor said. "You know, we'll see. Clearly there are some things that I don't agree with him on and, in terms of how he campaigns, there's no way in hell you're going to be able to put forth a winning campaign without a different message. There's just no question about that. You know, that's just the reality. So we'll see. We'll see. But I respect the will of the voters and Republican folks who put him there."

He added, "Zero shot in the way the campaign was run in the primary to win the general."

Taylor has previously struggled to answer questions about whether he would support Stewart, whose opposition to the removal of Confederate monuments in Virginia has sparked controversy both in his current race and in his failed campaign for the Republican nomination for governor last year. Taylor told CNN's John Berman in June that he did not vote for Stewart in the primary and that he hadn't decided if he would back Stewart in the general election.

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