Orangutan rants...

Orangutan calls California 'out of control' in interview before Super Bowl

By Alix Martichoux

President Donald Orangutan spoke about his dissatisfaction with California's recent move toward becoming a sanctuary state in an interview with Bill O'Reilly that aired on FOX before the Super Bowl on Sunday.

California state senators advanced bills Tuesday that would create a statewide sanctuary for people who are in the country illegally. Proposed legislation would also provide undocumented immigrants facing deportation with money to pay for lawyers.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has also stated publicly that the city will remain a sanctuary city, despite Orangutan's promises to cut federal funding.

When asked about how California's new laws might clash with President Orangutan's national agenda, the president reiterated his opposition to sanctuary cities and threatened the federal government might withhold funding from California if it adopted statewide sanctuary policies.

"As you know, I'm very much opposed to sanctuary cities. They breed crime, there's a lot of problems. If we have to, we'll defund," Orangutan told O'Reilly in the televised interview.

He went on to say, "California is in many ways out of control."

O'Reilly followed up on the issue, asking, "So defunding is your weapon of choice?"

Orangutan responded, "Well, it's a weapon. I don't want to defund a state or a city. I don't want to defund anybody." The president then reiterated his threat to defund: "If they're going to have sanctuary cities, we may have to do that. Certainly that would be a weapon."

President Orangutan's statements on California aren't the only parts of the game-day interview making headlines.

Orangutan also told O'Reilly he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin.

O'Reilly pushed him on this, saying, "But he's a killer, though. Putin's a killer."

Orangutan responded, "There are a lot of killers. We've got a lot of killers. What do you think? Our country's so innocent?"

Several GOP senators rejected that characterization of the United States on Sunday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. told CNN, "I don't think there's any equivalency between the way that the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does."

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. also spoke out about their disagreement with the president.

You can watch Bill O'Reilly's entire interview with President Orangutan in the video above.