Howard Dean, who is in the running to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE's former campaign chairman and current senior strategic adviser, Stephen Bannon, a "Nazi."

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Speaking of Trump in an interview with a CBS affiliate in Texas, Dean called the president-elect a "complicated guy."

"He appoints a reasonable person, who's much more conservative than I am, but for somebody who can talk to, as chief of staff, and then his senior adviser is a Nazi," Dean said, referring to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Bannon, respectively.

"[Bannon is] anti-Semitic; he's anti-black; and he's anti-women," Dean said.

The former Vermont governor and presidential candidate added, "It's a big word, and I don't usually use it unless somebody's really anti-Semitic, really misogynist and really anti-black."

Bannon has been assailed by Democrats and civil rights groups who have called him a white nationalist, racist and anti-Semite.

Many Democrats have urged Trump to fire him.

Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has defended the hire, calling Bannon a "brilliant tactician."