'MAGA backlash': Trump supporters reportedly triggered by news of Cabinet pick

News that President-elect Donald Trump could select Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as secretary of state has triggered an almost immediate "MAGA backlash," according to a new report.

"MAGA-minded" warriors — among them allies of Trump’s former director of national intelligence Ric Grenell — have already begun to panic and cast doubt about whether he was truly chosen by Trump, Politico reported Tuesday.

“Why are people inside Mar-a-Lago leaking Trump’s possible cabinet picks to the media?” far right activist Laura Loomer wrote on X. “Not a good sign that things are being leaked already.”

Conservative comedian Dave Smith called Rubio a "disaster."

“Might as well give Liz Cheney the State Department,” Smith added. “Awful sign.”

Trump's team has not confirmed the selection, and did not respond to Politico's request for comment.

Meanwhile supporters of Grenell continue to back their man.

“We are still waiting on the decision from President Trump and the campaign leadership on what their official decision is,” one Grenell ally told Politico. “What we have been hearing is that no decision has been made.”

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Politico's source was not the only conservative to cast doubt on the report.

Republican activist Charlie Kirk echoed those doubts not to trust reporting on Trump's Cabinet to his four million followers, according to Politico.

“Folks, word of wisdom," Kirk wrote. "If Trump hasn’t confirmed it on Truth [Social], don’t jump to conclusions and don’t believe everything you see."

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) also cast doubt, telling X followers after news of Rubio’s selection hit, “Apparently there hasn’t been a SOS pick yet."