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POLITICS DAVIDROYAL—THEMONTEREYCOUNTYHERALDVIAAP Protesters chant during a protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban in Monterey on Saturday. By Jonathan J. Cooper TheAssociatedPress SACRAMENTO Thewarof words escalated Monday between Democratic lead- ers in the nation's biggest state and Donald Trump after the Republican pres- ident said California is "out of control" and suggested withholding federal fund- ing. In separate statements Monday, the leaders of the state Legislature pointed to California's massive economy and strong job growth, saying the state provides critical contribu- tions to the nation. "If this is what Donald Trump thinks is 'out of control,' I'd suggest other states should be more like us," said Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Para- mount. Trump criticized Cali- fornia during a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday. "California in many ways is out of control as you know," he told Fox an- chor Bill O'Reilly "Obvi- ously the voters agree or otherwise they wouldn't have voted for me." Responding to questions from O'Reilly, Trump said California's consideration of legislation to create a statewide sanctuary for people living in the coun- try illegally is "ridiculous." Trump opposes sanctu- ary cities that refuse to co- operate with federal immi- gration authorities. "They breed crime, there's a lot of prob- lems. We have to well, de- fund, we give tremendous amounts of money to Cali- fornia," Trump said. O'Reilly asked if defund- ing is Trump's "weapon of choice," and the president responded: "I don't want to defund anybody. I want to give them the money they need to properly operate as a city or a state. If they're going to have sanctuary cities, we may have to do that. Certainly that would be a weapon." California Senate Pres- ident Pro Tem Kevin de Leon said state residents contribute more to federal coffers than their state gets in return, and any sanc- tions against California would ripple nationwide. "President Trump's threat to weaponize fed- eral funding is not only un- constitutional but emblem- atic of the cruelty he seeks to impose on our most vul- nerable communities," de Leon said. Rendon, de Leon and other Democratic leaders in California have fiercely criticized Trump and vowed to fight his policies through the Legislature and in court. The Legisla- ture has hired Eric Holder, the U.S. attorney general under President Barack Obama, to advise members on a legal strategy. California's nonpartisan legislative analyst reported last month that federal expenditures in the state amount to $368 billion a year, most of it to provide health care for people with low incomes. Trump's defunding sug- gestion wasn't his first threat to use the power of the federal purse as lever- age. He also signed an exec- utive order threatening to cut off some federal grants for sanctuary cities. Last week, in response to unrest on the campus of University of California, Berkeley, he sent a tweet saying: "If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a dif- ferent point of view — NO FEDERAL FUNDS?" California Democrats counter Trump's threat to defund By Laurie Kellman and Scott Bauer The Associated Press WASHINGTON Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's crack- down on collective bar- gaining could serve as a model for President Don- ald Trump's plans to over- haul the federal workforce. But any such move by the new president would risk a fight with already wary la- bor leaders. Walker, the chief pro- moter, says he spoke last week with Vice President MikePenceabout"howthey may take bits and pieces of whatwedid"withtheunion law and public workforce overhauland"applyitatthe national level." "They look at not only what we did with (the col- lective bargaining law) but even some of the civil ser- vice reforms, the two com- bined, so they can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance," Walker told The Associ- ated Press in an interview last week. A spokesman for Pencedeclinedtocomment. Those remarks raised freshhacklesamongleaders ofpublicandprivateunions, many of whom endorsed Democrat Hillary Clin- ton and have seethed over Trump'schoiceofafast-food executivetobehissecretary oflabor,aswellashisexecu- tiveorderfreezingmostfed- eral salaries. To them, Wis- consin is a warning. "President Trump and VicePresidentPenceshould stay far away from Gov. Scott Walker," said J. Da- vid Cox Sr., president of the AmericanFederationofFed- eralEmployees.Walker'sre- cordonlabor,headded,"isa badinvestment,particularly if you'd like to be known as a 'jobs president.' " Under Walker, the state's 2011 law barred collec- tive bargaining over work- ing conditions and big pay increases for most public workers. It also required them to pay more for health care and pension benefits. The measure led to massive protests and an unsuccess- ful attempt to recall Walker in 2012. His legacy includes a 2015 law that made Wis- consin one of at least 27 states with so-called right- to-work laws that gener- ally prohibit businesses and unions from requiring all workers, not just union members,topayuniondues. Republicans in Congress introduced a national ver- sion of right-to-work legis- lation last week that would, for the first time, allow mil- lionsofworkerstooptoutof union membership. In many ways, the na- tional political environ- ment favors right-to-work and a crackdown on collec- tivebargaining.TheBureau of Labor Statistics reported Jan. 26 that the number of working Americans who are union members de- clined from 2015 to 2016 by 240,000 people. About 1 in 10 U.S. workers belonged to unions in 2016, roughly half of the percentage in 1983 — the first year compara- ble data was available, the agency said. Exit polls from the 2016 election showed people liv- inginunionhouseholdssup- ported Clinton over Trump bya9percentagepointmar- gin, down from margins of around 20 points for Dem- ocrats in most recent pres- idential votes. And the nation's ranks of right-to-work states are poised to increase, with Re- publican-controlled state governmentsinNewHamp- shire and Missouri advanc- ing legislation. Although right-to-worklegislationhas historically failed in New Hampshire, supporters see new hope with a GOP gov- ernor and legislature. 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