Republican consultant Ana Navarro told CNN's "New Day" Monday that President-elect 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 was already failing to serve "all Americans" as he promised in his victory speech on Election Day.

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“I think that the appointments he makes early on are the first signal he sends about what kind of president he is going to be,” Navarro said. “Many of us are torn by the utter disdain that we have for candidate Donald Trump and the utmost respect we have for the office of the presidency of the United States, and we want to give this guy a chance. We want to extend the olive branch and extend one to us, but if what he is doing is naming somebody like Steve Bannon, who has got such a track record and such a reputation for being controversial, for leading the hunting season against Republicans.”

Navarro said Trump has not been forceful enough in his denouncement of violence against minorities following last Tuesday's election results.

She added, however, that the choice of Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as chief of staff was a more normal political move for Trump.

“He is a normal guy,” she said. “He doesn’t assault women, he is not anti-Hispanic and anti-immigrant. At this point, I’ll take him and I’ll love him. It was like you saw Donald Trump appoint Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Sunday] night, and it is very concerning for people, because those hate crimes that are going on in America are real. We are not making them up.”

Navarro, a Nicaraguan-born American, frequently serves as a political commentator on CNN and previously worked as a consultant to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainCindy McCain endorses Biden: He's only candidate 'who stands up for our values' Biden says Cindy McCain will endorse him Biden's six best bets in 2016 Trump states MORE (R-Ariz.). Prior to the presidential election, Navarro said she was voting for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE and denounced Trump's rhetoric toward Hispanics.

“I want him to stop playing games and pretending that he doesn’t know these hate crimes are going on out there,” Navarro said. “I want him to really, genuinely address his supporters. He needs to do more. Donald Trump needs to understand that, whether he is a racist or not, he peddled in this for the last 18 months, and he unearthed an ugly underbelly in America.”