Since President-elect Donald Trump announced that his former campaign CEO and Breitbart head Steve Bannon would be his chief strategist in the White House, Democrats, liberals and even some conservatives have expressed outrage over the selection.

Much of the criticism has been due to Bannon’s ties to the alt-right movement and his own comments that have been construed as anti-Semitic. In that vein, former DNC chairman Howard Dean spoke to a Canada news station about Bannon.

While speaking about Trump, Dean — who is running to be named chair of the DNC again — straight up called Bannon a “Nazi.”

“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 stated, bringing up Reince Priebus’s selection as Trump’s Chief of Staff.

KAUZ-TV: Newschannel 6 Now | Wichita Falls, TX

Calling Breitbart a “far-right, anti-Semitic publication,” Dean justified calling Bannon a Nazi by stating that “he’s anti-Semitic, he’s anti-black and he’s anti-women.”

When pressed by the reporter over using the “big word,” Dean repeated his criticism of Bannon.

“It’s a big word, and I don’t usually use it unless somebody’s really anti-Semitic, really misogynist and really anti-black,” Dean said.

This isn’t the first time Dean has said something controversial as it relates to Trump. During the campaign, he tweeted that Trump showed the signs of being a “coke user” and then defended those remarks during a TV interview. He would later issue a half-hearted apology.

Watch the clip above, via KAUZ-TV.



CORRECTION: Initially, this article stated the interview was with a Texas news station. It was actually with a Canadian network.

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