Declaring California to be “out of control,” President Trump threatened to withhold federal funding to the state if it votes to declare itself a sanctuary state. In an interview airing during Fox’s Super Bowl pregame show, Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly asked the president about the plan. “If we have to, we’ll defund," Trump said. "We give tremendous amounts of money to California. California in many ways is out of control, as you know.”Trump said it wasn’t his preference to do so, and that states and cities should get money they need “to properly operate.”But, “if they’re going to have sanctuary cities, we may have to do that.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2017 21:45 UTC