Putting First Lady Melania Trump on the cover of Vanity Fair would cause a staff rebellion, employees warn. 

“I will walk out the motherf---ing door, and half my staff will follow me,” an editor told The Daily Beast. “We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife; we’re just not going to do it. We’re going to stand for what’s right.”

The Melania idea reportedly is being considered by Mark Guiducci, who in June was named at global editorial director of Vanity Fair. Some observers have said that Guiducci wants the magazine to appeal more to conservatives. 

First ladies have often been featured on the cover on the cover of Vanity Fair. With Anna Wintour stepping down as editor of Vogue, that title may also consider putting Melania Trump on the cover.

It raises the question if there was a political element to the liberal Wintour's giving up the editorship. She is still in charge of content for the company, but some cynics wonder if she was kicked upstairs. 

Wintour reportedly is considering Chloe Malle, the daughter of actress Candice Bergen and the late French film director Louis Malle, as her replacement. 

Meanwhile, an Instagram post reports that one Vanity Fair editor threatened to walk over a possible Melania cover, saying, “If I have to work bagging groceries at Trader Joe’s, I’ll do it.”